Template:Usurped/doc

usurped is for displaying square and bare archive URLs, when the underlying source URL has been usurped.

  • Square URL: {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/2011010101/http://usurped-domain.com Example]}}
  • Bare URL: {{usurped|1=https://web.archive.org/web/2011010101/http://usurped-domain.com}}

The template wraps it so future processes are aware it is a usurped domain. This prevents tools like IABot, reFill and Citation bot (and humans) from converting square or bare archive URLs into a CS1|2 template and thus accidentally re-activating the usurped URL.

It is important to use 1= otherwise any "=" in the URL itself will cause a problem.