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Reflinks was a tool that automatically or semi-automatically added information to references using data present in the web page. It can process bare URLs (where the only information is a web address) or plain links (where the reference is a link and a title). Using Reflinks can save you time when writing your own articles as you can concentrate on writing and then fill in all the references once you are done. If you come across articles containing poorly formatted references, running Reflinks helps to prevent linkrot and provides readers with more details about where the information came from. You can use it on Category:Articles needing link rot cleanup. Note it does not work on all web links (e.g., PDFs), and does not always fill in enough cite template parameters. The templates created automatically by the tool need to be reviewed to ensure that they are accurate, as they are often not.