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There are methods to reduce the overuse of links, which can form a large linksea (or "refsea") of numerous links in a sea of details which can drown the related text. The most common links are footnote citations, such as reftags with {{cite_web}} or {{cite_book}}. However, some links are external websites, or footnotes with extensive quotations or explanations of detailed analysis. When a linksea is growing to expand with ever-more links, it is known as a "wp:Linkfarm". However, a linksea could also be a stable collection of links which have remain unchanged, not growing, for months or years.