diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index 1dc04117cf..6e017c9a91 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Keepers of the Crystals
 
 Previous Keepers of Crystals
 ````````````````````````````
-- Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org> `@ken-reitz <https://github.com/ken-reitz>`_, reluctant Keeper of the Master Crystal.
+- Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org> `@kennethreitz <https://github.com/kennethreitz>`_, reluctant Keeper of the Master Crystal.
 - Cory Benfield <cory@lukasa.co.uk> `@lukasa <https://github.com/lukasa>`_
 - Ian Cordasco <graffatcolmingov@gmail.com> `@sigmavirus24 <https://github.com/sigmavirus24>`_.
 
diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index bbe6dd425b..432ee3b174 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ dev
   forwarding of `Proxy-Authorization` headers to destination servers when
   following HTTPS redirects.
 
-  When proxies are defined with user info (https://user:pass@proxy:8080), Requests
+  When proxies are defined with user info (`https://user:pass@proxy:8080`), Requests
   will construct a `Proxy-Authorization` header that is attached to the request to
   authenticate with the proxy.
 
diff --git a/docs/user/advanced.rst b/docs/user/advanced.rst
index ecd17cb300..ff3a3d0f26 100644
--- a/docs/user/advanced.rst
+++ b/docs/user/advanced.rst
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ versions of Requests.
 For the sake of security we recommend upgrading certifi frequently!
 
 .. _HTTP persistent connection: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_persistent_connection
-.. _connection pooling: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/index.html#module-urllib3.connectionpool
+.. _connection pooling: https://urllib3.readthedocs.io/en/latest/reference/urllib3.connectionpool.html
 .. _certifi: https://certifiio.readthedocs.io/
 .. _Mozilla trust store: https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/raw-file/tip/security/nss/lib/ckfw/builtins/certdata.txt
 
@@ -948,7 +948,7 @@ Link Headers
 Many HTTP APIs feature Link headers. They make APIs more self describing and
 discoverable.
 
-GitHub uses these for `pagination <https://developer.github.com/v3/#pagination>`_
+GitHub uses these for `pagination <https://docs.github.com/en/rest/guides/using-pagination-in-the-rest-api>`_
 in their API, for example::
 
     >>> url = 'https://api.github.com/users/kennethreitz/repos?page=1&per_page=10'
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ The **connect** timeout is the number of seconds Requests will wait for your
 client to establish a connection to a remote machine (corresponding to the
 `connect()`_) call on the socket. It's a good practice to set connect timeouts
 to slightly larger than a multiple of 3, which is the default `TCP packet
-retransmission window <https://www.hjp.at/doc/rfc/rfc2988.txt>`_.
+retransmission window <https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2988>`_.
 
 Once your client has connected to the server and sent the HTTP request, the
 **read** timeout is the number of seconds the client will wait for the server
diff --git a/docs/user/quickstart.rst b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
index bbf3745eea..33c2732c7f 100644
--- a/docs/user/quickstart.rst
+++ b/docs/user/quickstart.rst
@@ -568,6 +568,3 @@ All exceptions that Requests explicitly raises inherit from
 -----------------------
 
 Ready for more? Check out the :ref:`advanced <advanced>` section.
-
-
-If you're on the job market, consider taking `this programming quiz <https://triplebyte.com/a/b1i2FB8/requests-docs-1>`_. A substantial donation will be made to this project, if you find a job through this platform.