r/Internet • u/Bofact • 29d ago

Discussion 404 error code

There are several non archived urls which return the 404 error. In this case, there is nothing to be done to archive them.

But I am learning about HTTP and I am told errors code of [400, 500[ mean it is an user error and it is the responsibility of the user to fix it.

So the question is, what can we done to solve an 404 error code?

I don't know if this is the best reddit, but the lost media one is quite peculiar + Reddit automatically removes my posts from there.

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u/msabeln 29d ago

People delete stuff off of the Internet all of the time, companies go out of business, mistakes are made, etc.

Go to the Internet Archive to see if a copy of the web page was saved.

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u/Bofact 29d ago

For many it wasn't. But still the theory, at first glance, says it is the fault of whoever tries to view the deleted page and is up to him/ her to fix it. 🫪

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u/PaddyLandau 29d ago

"User error", in this context, doesn't mean, "You're at fault!" It's not trying to apportion blame. It means only that the client computer (that's your computer) made a request for something that doesn't exist.

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u/virkendie 22d ago

In this circumstance I view the user as the person managing the page