Broken Link Tags: Is it Automated?

[Ygggdrasil]

I noticed in a lot of my old posts, moderators have edited the post mark links by a [broken] tag even if the link is perfectly valid (for example see https://www.physicsforums.com/threa...67-are-replication-error.908823/#post-5724675). Most of the cases seem to be links to journal articles in which a subscription is required to read the article (the link should still take you to the site). Is this a process that is automated? It does not seem consistent with PF's guidelines to cite the primary scientific literature if you're disabling links to journals.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Indeed automated. There are some problems when the process receives a response that is not standard. I can fix all nature.com links quickly. Let me know if you find any more instances.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

This feature essentially renders some old posts unreadable especially because it removes text if the link was embeded in text. I would suggest disabling it:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/a-ring-of-life.838114/#post-5263900

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

This feature essentially renders some old posts unreadable. I would suggest disabling it:
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/a-ring-of-life.838114/#post-5263900

The nature links will be fixed very soon. Give me a few minutes. If other domains are incorrectly affected please let me know.

 

[Ygggdrasil]

Here's another perfectly good link that got mangled by the forum: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/making-life-for-space.912516/#post-5748367

dx.doi.org is the Digital Object Identifier system used to create permanent links to the scientific literature. Other of my posts that have DOI links don't seem to be affected, so maybe this occurs sporadically.