Difference between revisions of "Template:Deadlink"
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| − | <span style="font-size: smaller;" title="Dead link since {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTDAY}} {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTYEAR}}">['' | + | <span style="font-size: smaller;" title="Dead link since {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTDAY}} {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{{{{|safesubst:}}}CURRENTYEAR}}">[''dead link'']</span><includeonly>[[Category:Articles with dead external links]]</includeonly><noinclude> |
==Purpose== | ==Purpose== | ||
Use to mark an external hyperlink for which there may be a valid replacement or available archived version as being dead, but when the determination requires additional or extensive research. Articles using this template will be auto-categorized into {{cat|Articles with dead external links}}. Preferable to outright removal of links when there is doubt about possible future usefulness or when the link forms part of a reference (referenced works should ''not'' be removed simply because the links are dead, in order to maintain encyclopedic integrity - such works could additionally exist in print or on microfilm, for example). | Use to mark an external hyperlink for which there may be a valid replacement or available archived version as being dead, but when the determination requires additional or extensive research. Articles using this template will be auto-categorized into {{cat|Articles with dead external links}}. Preferable to outright removal of links when there is doubt about possible future usefulness or when the link forms part of a reference (referenced works should ''not'' be removed simply because the links are dead, in order to maintain encyclopedic integrity - such works could additionally exist in print or on microfilm, for example). | ||
Revision as of 01:44, 7 March 2015
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Purpose
Use to mark an external hyperlink for which there may be a valid replacement or available archived version as being dead, but when the determination requires additional or extensive research. Articles using this template will be auto-categorized into Articles with dead external links. Preferable to outright removal of links when there is doubt about possible future usefulness or when the link forms part of a reference (referenced works should not be removed simply because the links are dead, in order to maintain encyclopedic integrity - such works could additionally exist in print or on microfilm, for example).
