Template:Bare URL inline/doc

This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}.

Purpose

See BTW:Bare URLs and BTW:HOWCITE

Usage

Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link:

{{Bare URL inline}}

It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing ‎</ref> tag:

• <ref>https://www.salon.com/2020/01/31/the-disaster-of-utopian-engineering_partner/ {{bare URL inline|date=January 2025}}</ref>
  • Result:

Template:Talkref This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "^{[bare URL]}", and it will also help track down the citation to improve by keeping the cleanup tag in the citation.

Tracking

• This template places the article into Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools.

TemplateData for Bare URL inline

An inline template which indicates that a reference contains a bare URL, which may be threatened by link rot. It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Reason	reason	A brief reason for the tag. Avoid using wikilinks, as they will be converted to plain text in the output.	Unknown	optional
Month and year	date	Month and year of tagging; e.g., 'January 2013', but not 'jan13' Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	String	suggested

See also

• {{Bare URL PDF}}
• {{Bare URL AV media}}
• {{Bare URL DOC}}
• {{Bare URL image}}
• {{Bare URL plain text}}
• {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
• {{Cleanup bare URLs}}
• {{Citations broken}}
• BattleTechWiki:Link rot
• BattleTechWiki:Template index/Cleanup