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This template facilitates the creation of links that show their older versions archived on the Wayback Machine.
Usage
edit- Syntax
{{Link with archives|original URL|[text to show]|timestamp 1|timestamp 2| ... |timestamp N|[date-format=...]}}
At least one timestamp should be provided. The timestamp is the number that appears before the original URL in the Wayback Machine URL – yellow in the following example:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080619060938/http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html
The |date-format= optional parameter controls the format in which the links to the archive are to be displayed. Recognized values are:
DMYgives d mmmm yyyy (e.g. 31 May 2007). This is the default format.MDYgives mmmm d, yyyy (e.g. May 31, 2007)YMDgives yyyy mmmm d (e.g. 2007 May 31)ISOgives an ISO 8601 style yyyy-mm-dd (e.g. 2007-05-31)
Examples
edit{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time|20080619060938}}- ↳ As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time (archived 19 June 2008)
{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time|20041111092435|20060222051642|20080619060938}}{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time|20041111092435|20060222051642|20080619060938|date-format=ISO}}- ↳ As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time (archived 2004-11-11, 2006-02-22 and 2008-06-19)
{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html||20080619060938}}{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time}}{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html}}
The template can also be written across multiple lines
{{Link with archives
| http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html
| As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time
| 20041111092435
| 20060222051642
| 20080619060938
}}
The code above yields:
As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time (archived 11 November 2004, 22 February 2006 and 19 June 2008)
Tips for a quick usage
editFor a quick usage you can follow these simple steps:
- Transclude the template with only the URL you need (one parameter)
- E.g.:
{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html}}
- E.g.:
- Click on the link you provided, find the title of the page, and paste it as the second parameter
- E.g.:
{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time}}
- E.g.:
- Click on “search for an archived version of this page” and find the best snapshot that suits you, then copy and paste the timestamp as the third parameter
- E.g.:
{{link with archives|http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2004/oct/HQ_04351_time_drags.html|As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time|20080619060938}}- ↳ As The World Turns, It Drags Space And Time (archived 19 June 2008)
- E.g.:
- If you need more snapshots, repeat point #3