Wikipedia talk:Link rot

Ambiguous meaning of 'usurp'

The section Repairing a usurped link states that:

1. "Some organizations [...] 'usurp' them to create spam and scam sites"
2. "There is an automated system for usurping entire domains"

The second seems an incorrect application of the term. The linked page on Usurpations uses "usurpify" for the repair process, which still seems somewhat backwards but at least it is not the literal verb for the scam itself. IvanovKirilG (talk) 13:36, 26 May 2025 (UTC)

Minor grammatical error?

A section is titled "Repairing a usurped link", but "a" should always be switched to "an" when preceding a word that starts with a vowel. For obvious reasons I can't edit this page, but I still want to be a pedant. Nova 37 (talk) 22:47, 4 August 2025 (UTC)

 Not done @Nova 37: The dictionary definition of usurp at Wiktionary indicates that the General American English pronunciation is //juˈsɝp// & the Received Pronunciation is //juːˈzɜːp//. As the J article states, When used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced palatal approximant (the sound of "y" in "yes") it may be called yod or jod (pronounced /ˈjɒd/ or /ˈjoʊd/).

Would you put an a or an an before the sound of "y" in "yes"? I think most would answer the former. Therefore a is the more appropriate article to place before usurped. Peaceray (talk) 15:00, 5 August 2025 (UTC)