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 [1]: https://github.com/vim-pandoc/vim-markdownfootnotes/
 [2]: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=431
-[3]: http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi?post=footnotevim%21201102211201%21programming
+[3]: https://web.archive.org/web/20141121194652/http://www.nickcoleman.org/blog/index.cgi?post=footnotevim%21201102211201%21programming
 [5]: https://raw.github.com/vim-pandoc/vim-markdownfootnotes/master/assets/footnotes.png