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Use {{tl|dead link}} when you find a {{Wpd|WP:Linkrot|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 before the <code>&lt;/ref&gt;</code> that contains the dead link. The notice will then appear in the footnote reference (instead of in the body of the text, which is not recommended).  

 

 

=== Optional parameters ===

 

;url

:Provides a history of the linked page via {{Wpd|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 <code>date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</code> <br>If you don't add a date parameter, a bot will date your entry with the month and year at a later time.  

;bot

:{{Wpd|WP:BOTS|Bot accounts}} will specify the |bot= parameter to notify the others that the page was tagged by an automated process. Set as <code>bot=ExampleBot</code>.

 

}}</ref></nowiki></code><br>→ <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><ref>{{cite webfckLR|url=http://example.orgfckLR|title=titlefckLR|accessdate=2000-01-01fckLR}} {{ dead linkfckLR|date=April 2005fckLR}}</ref></span>  

*<code><nowiki><ref>Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"],{{dead link}} ''The Guardian'', London, October 27, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2008.</ref></nowiki></code><br>→ <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><ref>Plunkett, John. [http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1601858,00.html "Sorrell accuses Murdoch of panic buying"],{{dead link}} ''The Guardian'', London, October 27, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2008.</ref></span>

 

 

*Avoid using <tt>[ ] { | } &lt; &gt;</tt> character between the end of the external link and <nowiki>{{dead link}}</nowiki>, as they are often use to format text

== See also  ==

*{{tl|dead links}}  

*{{tl|Wayback}}  

*{{tl|linkrot}}  

*{{tl|Registration required}}  

*{{tl|Failed verification}}  

*{{Wpd|WP:DEADREF|What to do when a reference link goes dead}}