Follow a link’s purpose
A website can invite a response, point to a resource or hold a passing observation. Read the link label and the surrounding page together. A dead link still tells you something about what the referring writer wanted a reader to find.
Notice the creative setting
Harvard Gazette’s 2011 CS50 Fair account documents student programming projects and the setting in which they were shared. It offers broader context for a campus web culture without establishing that any particular project was related to Harvard FML.
Keep relationships evidence-based
Do not connect two projects simply because they appeared at the same university. A careful history distinguishes a verified relationship from a useful comparison. Both can be interesting when clearly labelled.
