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- This template should be added to articles which have no internal links. Articles which have some internal links, but are in need of more, should be tagged with
{{underlinked}}instead. - An optional parameter can be specified to give other Wikipedians an idea of what general topic this article covers so that they may add links relevant to it.
- This template will add pages to Category:Dead-end pages or one of its dated subcategories.
- If a parameter is provided such as
{{Dead end|date=November 2024}}then the page is put into a by-date category instead. Another way to do this is to paste the following to the page:{{subst:Dead end}}If the date is left out, a bot will add it. - The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste
{{Dead end}}to the top of an article. You may also drop it into the top of a section, but please specify the "|section" option to generate the proper template text. - If you subst: this template, the current date will be added to the template.
- Please do not include Category pages.
- Date tagging syntax:
{{Dead end|date=November 2024}}or{{Dead end|section|date=November 2024}}
Finding dead-end articles
Looking for dead-end articles?
- Check Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Dead end to find articles tagged with this template. (article transclusions only)
- Special:DeadendPages gives the most recent database report.
- Wikipedia:Dead-end pages tells you how to help.
See also
{{Underlinked}}– for articles that need more internal links{{Orphan}}– for articles that are not linked from other articles, that have few to no incoming links (also see Wikipedia:Orphan § Criteria)- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking (MOS:LINK) – guidelines as to when links should and should not be used, and how to format links
- Help:Link – detailed information about the syntax used to create links
- WP:Manual of Style/Disambiguation pages – rules on linking applicable to disambiguation pages
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking § Overlinking and underlinking – guidance on what generally should and should not be linked
