Template:ExcessiveLinks

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 This article or section contains an excessive number of external links.
According to Wikipedia guidelines, links should be kept to a minimum. It is not Wikipedia's purpose to include a comprehensive list of external links related to each topic.
[edit] Template documentation
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Contents

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  • This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with excessive links.
  • This template should not be subst'ed.
  • To minimize this template's size, a non-fixed width was used. To have the template use the standard 80% width (such as when it fails to line up correctly with other templates), add "width=full" as a parameter: {{ExcessiveLinks|width=full}}.

[edit] Placement

This template should be placed at the top of the relevant section.

[edit] Usage

To help with the categorisation of articles, you may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{ExcessiveLinks|date=June 2008}}. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will given the parameter by a bot.

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{ExcessiveLinks|date=June 2008}}

Note that the date entered is for categorizing purposes only. The date will not display in the template.

[edit] Other templates

Please keep this template's wording in sync with the main template.

  • {{External links}} To indicate links which violate Wikipedia policy.

[edit] See also