Unwrapping strips the hyperlinking syntax from a broken link while preserving its original anchor wording as plain text, preventing missing web pages from causing grammatical holes in the article.
flowchart TD
A["Raw Markdown:<br/>[anchor text](https://...)"] --> B[Dead-Link Probe]
B -->|GET Request| C{HTTP Status}
C -->|200 OK| D[Retain Link Syntax]
C -->|404 / Error| E[Parser Strips URL & Syntax]
E --> F["Clean Text Output:<br/>anchor text"]