I found some good advice on [handling dead links](http://meta.programmers.stackexchange.com/a/3157/57881) and one of the pieces of advice is to fix the link if possible.

In the situation where the link is dead, can I strikethrough eg `<del>` or <del>http//news.com.au</del> instead?

I figure it shows that the link has changed, should anyone wonder about the original site.

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Otherwise, wasn't sure how to inactivate the link anyway - even with a strikethrough the text  was still hyperlinked