Template:Dead link/doc

Use {{dead link}} when you find a dead external link 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. This tag should be placed just after the </ref> that contains the dead link. The notice will then appear in the body of the text (instead of in the footnote reference, which is not recommended).

Usage

Common form (with current date)

{{dead link|date=May 2024}}

All parameters (with current date)

{{dead link|url= |date=May 2024}}

Optional parameters

url

Provides a history of the linked page via Wayback Machine. Set only if history actually exists, as otherwise it is misleading to users and editors.

date

Given in month name followed by year for use by the categorization system. Use {{subst:DATE}} which yields date=May 2024. If not set it will be filled in by a bot.

bot

Bot accounts will specify the |bot= parameter to notify the others that the page was tagged by an automated process. Set as bot=ExampleBot.

Examples

• [http://example.org/ Link title] {{dead link}}
  → title
• {{cite web |url=http://example.org |title=title |accessdate=2000-01-01}} {{dead link |url=http://example.org/ |date=May 2024 }}
  → "title". Retrieved 2000-01-01. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
• <ref>{{cite web |url=http://example.org |title=title |accessdate=2000-01-01}}</ref>{{dead link |date=May 2024 }}
  →

Note

The following is not valid if software, unaware of templates, would misread the link since {{ is valid for links.

• http://example.org/{{dead link}}

See also

• {{dead links}}
• {{Wayback}}
• {{linkrot}}
• {{Registration required}}
• What to do when a reference link goes dead

Tools

• Checklinks
• WebCiteBOT
• DeadLinkBOT