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  • 21 Aug, 2019

  • By, Wikipedia

Template:External Links

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.

If there are external links within the body of an article (which is almost always inappropriate), this tag should be placed at the top of the article instead.

Please consider fixing the problem 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.

Usage

Use:

{{External links|date=December 2024}} or
{{External links|section|date=December 2024}} to apply to a single section

This template will categorize tagged articles into Category:Wikipedia external links cleanup.

If this is a perennial problem, consider using {{subst:No more links}} in the external links section.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:External links in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for External links

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.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Month and yeardate

The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.

Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Linesuggested
Affected area1

Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"

Example
section
Auto value
section
Lineoptional

See also