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Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts ...
External links and references are two important elements of Wikipedia that newcomers sometimes find trouble with. This page is designed to cover only the technical aspects of linking and referencing; it is essential that editors also familiarize themselves with Wikipedia:External links, Wikipedia:Reliable sources and Wikipedia:Citing sources, as well as Wikipedia's various other policies ...
Disables the external link arrow common/shared.css {}, {}, and many other places. plainlinks2 Changes the color of external links to en: to the internal links color. MediaWiki:Monobook.css: plainlinksneverexpand (Deprecated) Replaced with "plainlinks nourlexpansion" plainrowheaders
External links use URLs to link directly to any web page. External links are enclosed in single square brackets (rather than double brackets as with internal links), with the optional link text separated from the URL by a space (not a "|" as with internal links). When rendered, external links are followed by an external link icon. For example,
The ==External links== section is one of the optional standard appendices and footers, which appear in a defined order at the bottom of the article. The heading should be "External links" (plural) even when only a single link is listed. The standard format is to place the links in a bulleted list under the heading.
This template should be placed after an external link if you feel it may not comply with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines on external links, but are not sure. Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status reason reason Text to replace the default hover text with. String optional date date The date this tag ...
[[Category:External link templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:External link templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
(There is a related set of templates for some free content resources that are not run by the Wikimedia Foundation. Rather than creating a sidebar link, they create text suitable for using as a bulleted entry in an "External links" section. A list of such templates can be found at Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects.)