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Link rot is a frequently occurring phenomena where external website links become unavailable after some time.
Link rot is a frequently occurring phenomena where external website links become unavailable after some time.


The Cite Web template has two parameters dedicated to archived links. This is due to the many sources that are comprised of links to external websites, making the preservation of the content of these external links very important. However, archiving links is very easy and only takes a moment.
Where a linked page is at significant risk of disappearing or would be hard to replace, a link to an archive copy of the page on https://archive.org/ can be added. This is usually done by adding in round brackets an external link in the two-part format ([link archive]) at the end of the citation where "link" is the url of the archived page on archive.org.
====WebCitation.org====
WebCite archives:


*Regular web pages
The Cite Web template was formerly used for linking archive copies of pages on the webcitation.org website. That service is no longer functioning so the Cite Web template is not currently in use.
*Forum threads
*Blogs
*PDF and other media files


But it does ''not'' archive Facebook pages.
To archive a page, enter the target URL and any email address as that of the citing author on the WebCite archive form (http://www.webcitation.org/archive), then press submit. Using the "transparent" WebCite URL is preferred over the short one.
====Archive.is====
Archive.is archives:
*Regular web pages
*Forum threads
*Blogs
*Facebook pages
But it does ''not'' archive PDF and other media files.
To archive a page, enter the target URL into the "submit url" box (http://archive.is/) and press submit. You will then see the new archived URL that can be used in the 'archiveurl' parameter for the Cite Web template.
====Embedded Links====
====Embedded Links====
Embedded links to external websites should never be used as a form of inline citation. Nevertheless, they are used on occasion, for example, in the [[Fatwa: It is Permissible to Use the "Torah and the New Testament... for Anal Cleansing after Defecation"|Translations of Arabic/Islamic Media]] pages. In these rare instances, only a single link is appropriate, rather than both the original and the archive link side-by-side. For these, the [[Template:Reference archive|Reference archive]] template should be used.
Embedded links to external websites should never be used as a form of inline citation. Nevertheless, they are used on occasion. In these rare instances, only a single link is appropriate, rather than both the original and the archive link side-by-side.
 
To use this template, the target URL would have to be archived by entering it into the WebCite archive form (http://www.webcitation.org/archive).
 
Then the target URL in its original form, along with the date it was archived, need to be added to the Reference archive:
 
<code><nowiki>{{Reference archive|1=###|2=###}}</nowiki></code>
 
The first parameter is the original URL, and the second parameter is the date it was archived. The date format is year-month-day, all in numbers rather than words (e.g. 2014-02-26 rather than February 26, 2014).


If absolutely needed, embedded links to Wikipedia can be made by using the <code><nowiki>[[w:Target article|Text]]</nowiki></code> feature or <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><nowiki>wp|article name}}</nowiki></code>. As with embedded links to other sites, these links should never be used as a form of inline citation.
If absolutely needed, embedded links to Wikipedia can be made by using the <code><nowiki>[[w:Target article|Text]]</nowiki></code> feature or <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki><nowiki>wp|article name}}</nowiki></code>. As with embedded links to other sites, these links should never be used as a form of inline citation.
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