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This template is intended for external links. It is not designed for use as a citation template. |
This template uses Lua: |
{{Webarchive}} is for linking to web archiving services such as the Wayback Machine, WebCite and all other web archiving services.
This template is a replacement for {{wayback}}
, {{webcite}}
, {{memento}}
and {{cite archives}}
, as decided in this discussion.
Note: The most common method for linking a web archive are the CS1|2 templates such as {{cite web}}
with the |archive-url=
, |archive-date=
, and |url-status=
parameters. Please be aware of WP:CITEVAR before converting this template to a CS1|2 template.