Template talk:Waybackref

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[edit] Empty syntax

{{Waybackref
  |url=
  |title=
  |work=
  |date=
}}

or

{{Waybackref|url= |title= |work= |date= }}

[edit] Notes

• Work: suggest that this be the original URL bracketed with "nowiki" tags to prevent production of second external link on the line
• Date: this is not automatically linked
• See Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Waybackref for examples of use
• See Wikipedia:Dead external links for cases where application of this template might be of use

[edit] Discussion of merging with {{Cite web}}

A proposed revision to {{cite web}} has been composed and has received positive support from a small number of editors (me among them). It would be useful for you who monitor this page to visit Template talk:Cite web#Considering merger with 'waybackref' template and express support or opposition to this proposal. An outcome of the proposal will likely be deprecation of {{waybackref}} in favor of the revised {{cite web}}. Regards, User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 00:49, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

The {{cite web}} template was updated on 2006-06-23 as described on the talk page. For those interested in converting to {{cite web}}, the technique is simply this:

{{Waybackref |url=URL |title=title |work=work |date=date}}

becomes

{{cite web |url=work |title=title |archiveurl=URL |archivedate=archival_date |date=date}}

You'll have to figure out when the archive copy was made, but that's all the heavy lifting. RossPatterson 18:45, 23 June 2006 (UTC)