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=== | ===When to use === | ||
Add this to the top of the ''External links'' section whenever: | |||
* There are too many links for this article. (Most editors object to more than about eight or sometimes ten links, but the best number for a given article depends on the specific circumstances, and may range from zero to more than a dozen.) | |||
* One or more of the links present (regardless of number) are inappropriate for any reason. | |||
Please consider "weeding the link farm" yourself, rather than using this tag to ask someone else to do it. Don't forget to remove this template when the concerns appear to have been resolved. | |||
=== How to use === | |||
Use: | Use: | ||
:<tt><nowiki>{{External links|</nowiki>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</tt> | :<tt><nowiki>{{External links|</nowiki>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}</tt> | ||
This template will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia external links cleanup]]. | This template will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia external links cleanup]] and [[:Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup]]. See [[Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup]] to see recent edits to tagged articles. | ||
* This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]]. | * This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]]. | ||
* Please do not [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst:]] this template. | * Please do not [[Wikipedia:Subst|subst:]] this template. | ||
Revision as of 21:32, 7 December 2010
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:External links. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
When to use
Add this to the top of the External links section whenever:
- There are too many links for this article. (Most editors object to more than about eight or sometimes ten links, but the best number for a given article depends on the specific circumstances, and may range from zero to more than a dozen.)
- One or more of the links present (regardless of number) are inappropriate for any reason.
Please consider "weeding the link farm" yourself, rather than using this tag to ask someone else to do it. Don't forget to remove this template when the concerns appear to have been resolved.
How to use
Use:
- {{External links|date=June 2024}}
This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia external links cleanup and Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup. See Special:Recentchangeslinked/Category:Wikipedia spam cleanup to see recent edits to tagged articles.
- This template is a self-reference.
- Please do not subst: this template.
See also
- Wikipedia:External links
- Wikipedia:WikiProject External links
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- {{Cleanup-spam}}
- {{No more links}}
- {{Further reading cleanup}}, same idea, but for non-website lists
