Template:High traffic/sandbox

On {{{date}}}, Template:High traffic/sandbox was linked from a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

This is the template sandbox page for Template:High traffic (diff).

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Usage

Add this template to the top of the talk page associated with the page that is linked from or mentioned^[1] on a high traffic site. It may also be used if the talk page is linked or mentioned.

Use the syntax {{High traffic|date=|site=|url=|small=|page=|linktext|afterlinktext|date2=|site2=|page2=|...|date10=|site10=|page10=}}

Pages this template is used on are placed into Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites.

Examples

Common – one incoming link:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}

On 19 November 2024, Template:High traffic/sandbox was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Multiple links from high-traffic sites:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|date2={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url2=http://www.cnn.com/somepagehere.html|site2=CNN}}

Template:High traffic/sandbox has been linked from multiple high-traffic websites.

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Table
19 November 2024	Reddit	link	Traffic
19 November 2024	CNN	link	Traffic

Mentioned^[1] on a high-traffic site but not linked from it. Common on high-traffic news web sites:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|linktext=mentioned|afterlinktext=on|notlinked=yes}}

On 19 November 2024, Template:High traffic/sandbox was mentioned on Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Small version:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|small=yes}}

On 19 November 2024, Template:High traffic/sandbox was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=talk}}

On 19 November 2024, this talk page was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Both article and talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=both}}

On 19 November 2024, Template:High traffic/sandbox and its talk page were linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:High traffic in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for High traffic

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
small	`small`	Makes it a smaller right floating message box Default 0 Auto value `1`	Boolean	optional
linktext	`linktext`	no description Default linked	String	optional
afterlinktext	`afterlinktext`	no description Default from	String	optional
nocat	`nocat` `notlinked`	Disables Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites Suggested values `yes`	Unknown	optional
page	`page`	If the article page and/or talk page are mentioned Suggested values `talk` `both`	String	optional
url	`url`	URL (including the https:// prefix) of the originating site, preferably link the particular page that links Wikipedia, i.e. is going to hit this article heavily Example https://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/17/183242	URL	suggested
date	`date`	The date on which the link or mention occurred Example 30 June 2024	Date	suggested
site	`site`	Simple description of the website Example Slashdot	Page name	suggested
lang	`lang`	Displays "(parameter value)" after the site name	String	optional
title	`title`	no description	String	optional
url2	`url2`	no description	URL	optional
date2	`date2`	no description	Date	optional
site2	`site2`	no description	Page name	optional
lang2	`lang2`	no description	String	optional
title2	`title2`	no description	String	optional
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site3	`site3`	no description	Page name	optional
lang3	`lang3`	no description	String	optional
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lang6	`lang6`	no description	String	optional
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url10	`url10`	no description	URL	optional
date10	`date10`	no description	Date	optional
site10	`site10`	no description	Page name	optional
lang10	`lang10`	no description	String	optional
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date29	`date29`	no description	Date	optional
site29	`site29`	no description	Page name	optional
lang29	`lang29`	no description	String	optional
title29	`title29`	no description	String	optional
url30	`url30`	no description	URL	optional
date30	`date30`	no description	Date	optional
site30	`site30`	no description	Page name	optional
lang30	`lang30`	no description	String	optional
title30	`title30`	no description	String	optional

Notes

^ ^a ^b Template:Press is preferred if the article is mentioned rather than linked, even for high-traffic sites.

Template:High traffic/sandbox

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