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Use dead link when you find a 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  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).

Usage

 * Common form (with current date)



Optional parameters

 * url
 * Provides a history of the linked page via . 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  If you don't add a date parameter, a bot will date your entry with the month and year at a later time.


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

Examples


) as software unable 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 [ ] { | } &lt; &gt; character between the end of the external link and, as they are often use to format text

Dead link tools

 * Checklinks
 * DeadLinkBOT
 * WebCiteBOT