# Issues with website links and webmaster email address

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848>\
**Category:** Forum and website feedback\
**Created:** [August 4, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848 "2020-08-04T12:07:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 15\
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**Author:** ![vikramshee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e19b73/32.png) [@vikramshee](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vikramshee)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/1 "2020-08-04T12:07:04Z")

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Navigated to the publication DB homepage today. The publication DB link isn’t working. I tried emailing webmaster@bwh.harvard.edu (provided at the bottom of the [Slicer.org](http://Slicer.org) homepage), that email doesn’t work either.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/2 "2020-08-04T12:09:54Z")

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Due to a server migration interrupted by the pandemic, the publication database is temporarily unavailable. If you are interested in getting specific papers or data sets then we can send it to you.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 12:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/3 "2020-08-04T12:19:49Z")

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Thanks for the report. Yes, the machine that hosts the publication database is down and we’ve had trouble getting it fixed. Hopefully soon.

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**Author:** ![vikramshee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e19b73/32.png) [@vikramshee](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/vikramshee)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/4 "2020-08-05T05:25:59Z")

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HI! Thanks a lot for the replies! Totally understand, just thought I’d bring it to your attention. I recently published an article and cited slicer, I was actually wondering how one could get it on your site. I’ll come back later and check on the link!

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/5 "2020-08-06T16:36:11Z")

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Thank you. The paper recommended for citing Slicer (3D Slicer as an Image Computing Platform for the Quantitative Imaging Network) is available at the link below. I’ve also updated the link in the [documentation](https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/about.html#how-to-cite).

> **[nihms383480.pdf](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3466397/pdf/nihms383480.pdf)**
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we have updated the link

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/6 "2020-10-28T16:21:15Z")

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> [@pieper](#):
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> Yes, the machine that hosts the publication database is down and we’ve had trouble getting it fixed. Hopefully soon.

@pieper Has there been any movement to restore this publication database?

> [@lassoan](#):
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> Due to a server migration interrupted by the pandemic, the publication database is temporarily unavailable.

Does this mean that the database likely won’t be restored until sometime well into 2021?

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/7 "2020-10-28T16:43:23Z")

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I do not know how many publications that listed, but PubMed query returns [294 hits](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%28%223D+Slicer%22+OR+%22Slicer3D%22%29&sort=date)

Although there must be quite a bit of journals that pubmed doesn’t track.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/8 "2020-10-28T16:49:47Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> Does this mean that the database likely won’t be restored until sometime well into 2021?

I hope not. I emailed the responsible parties to see if there’s an update.

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/9 "2020-10-28T17:39:29Z")

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Ok we can wait for the latest update.

Otherwise I would say we replace the link with another such as what @muratmaga provided. I’m aware that it is linked both as a navigation option under “Publication” on [https://www.slicer.org/](https://www.slicer.org/), but also in the Slicer application as Help-\>Slicer Publications. If it’s going to be awhile or TBD we can replace or remove the link until it is restored instead of having a dead link around.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/10 "2020-10-28T17:48:46Z")

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I heard we’re still stuck waiting for physical presence on site before the publication server can come back.

I think google scholar would be a good option.

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/11 "2020-10-28T17:56:03Z")

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How about this URL? `https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=3D+Slicer`

> **[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=3D%2BSlicer)**

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/12 "2020-10-28T17:59:46Z")

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This is the one we’ve been using on the [Slicer Community](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Main_Page/SlicerCommunity) page. It filters out some of the bad hits and includes some common ways of citing (e.g. just [slicer.org](http://slicer.org))

[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as\_sdt=1%2C22&as\_vis=1&q=%28%223D+Slicer%22+OR+%22slicer+org%22+OR+Slicer3D%29±Slic3r+&btnG=](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_vis=1&q=%28%223D+Slicer%22+OR+%22slicer+org%22+OR+Slicer3D%29+-Slic3r+&btnG=)

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/13 "2020-10-28T18:07:25Z")

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Ok, I would suggest just a minor edit which is not to force a language on the Google Scholar search/navigation options, but that’s it. Below removes the “hl=en” specification.  
[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&as\_sdt=1%2C22&as\_vis=1&q=%28%223D+Slicer%22+OR+%22slicer+org%22+OR+Slicer3D%29±Slic3r+&btnG=](https://scholar.google.com/scholar?&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_vis=1&q=%28%223D+Slicer%22+OR+%22slicer+org%22+OR+Slicer3D%29+-Slic3r+&btnG=)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/14 "2020-10-28T18:15:07Z")

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> [@jamesobutler](#):
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> not to force a language on the Google Scholar search/navigation options, but that’s it. Below removes the “hl=en” specification.

Très bon! (very good)

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**Author:** ![jamesobutler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jamesobutler/32/7511_2.png) [@jamesobutler](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jamesobutler)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/issues-with-website-links-and-webmaster-email-address/12848/15 "2020-10-29T18:32:57Z")

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I’ve issued PRs for updating these broken SPL links

> <https://github.com/Slicer/slicer.org/pull/69>

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/5282>