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Usage

Use {{Dead link}} when you find a dead link to a website within a paragraph or a reference citation. Doing so will place a note by the URL and add the article to one of the Category:Articles with dead external links categories.

Append this template directly after the link or template, leaving the original link intact. Not doing so will prevent detection from automated tools. If the citation contains multiple URLs (e.g. chapterurl and url) in a template, and only one is broken, you can use <!-- hidden text --> to explain which one is broken.

If the article uses clickable footnotes, then this tag should be placed just before the </ref> that contains the dead link. The notice will then correctly appear in the reference section (instead of in the body of the text, which is not recommended).

Avoid using this template to identify dead external links that are not used as references for article content. Instead, dead external links should usually be removed. See the guideline for external links.

Common form (with current date)

{{Dead link|date=February 2023}}

Optional parameters

url
Provides a history of the linked page via the Wayback Machine. Set only if history actually exists, as otherwise it is misleading to users and editors.
date
Month name followed by year, for use by the categorization system. Use date=February 2023.
If you don't add a date parameter, a bot will date your entry with the month and year at a later time.
bot
Bot accounts specify the |bot= parameter as a sign that the tag was added by an automated process. Set as bot=<bot name>.

Examples

  • <ref>{{cite web |url=http://example.org |title=Webpage title |accessdate=22 September 2012}} {{Dead link |date=September 2012}}</ref>
    [1]
  • <ref>{{cite news |title=Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying |author=Plunkett, John |url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 October 2005 |accessdate=22 September 2012}} {{Dead link}}</ref>
    [2]
  1. "Webpage title". http://example.org. Retrieved 22 September 2012.  [dead link]
  2. Plunkett, John (27 October 2005). "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying". The Guardian. http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html. Retrieved 22 September 2012.  [dead link]

Caveats

  • Avoid using free links (e.g. http://www.example.org/{{Dead link}}) as software unable to handle templates may read an incorrect link. Add brackets if necessary.
  • Avoid complicated formatting. Nesting inside a template is generally not supported well.
  • Avoid using [ ] { | } < > character between the end of the external link and {{Dead link}}, as they are often used to format text.

See also

Dead link tools

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