I’ve noticed that some Wikipedia references now link to a Wayback Machine archive instead of directly to the original page. That’s probably the smart way to do it.
In my case none of the dead links I had bookmarked were all that important. I had actually decided to try to check them in the first place because I couldn’t remember what a lot of them were.
I’ve seen a few Wikipedia references do exactly the same thing.
Have you tried using Wayback Machine to see if there’s an archive of the sites you have bookmarked?
I’ve noticed that some Wikipedia references now link to a Wayback Machine archive instead of directly to the original page. That’s probably the smart way to do it.
In my case none of the dead links I had bookmarked were all that important. I had actually decided to try to check them in the first place because I couldn’t remember what a lot of them were.