Template:Wayback
archive copy at the Wayback Machine
This template generates a link to archived pages or page histories at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org).
Usage
{{Wayback |1= |2= |date= }}
Template parameters
| Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
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1site url | URL | Original URL of the web page that archived. Example: http://example.org/ (the template automatically generates the full archive link). | empty | required |
2title | title | The text label for the external link. | archive copy | optional |
date | timestamp | The timestamp (YYYYMMDDhhmmss) of the archived page that is to be displayed, or * to list all archives. For example, if the archived URL is http://web.archive.org/web/20020121085054/http://example.org/ then the timestamp is 20020121085054. | * | optional |
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Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: all namespaces
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Example
{{Wayback|http://example.org/}}
renders as:
archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Localization
This template makes use of {{Autotranslate}} and the translate extension.
Additional examples
- Link to page history using a generic label
- {{Wayback |url= http://example.org/ }}
→ archive copy at the Wayback Machine
- Link to page history using a title
- {{Wayback |url= http://example.org/ |title= Example Title }}
→ Example Title at the Wayback Machine
- Link to archived page for a specific date
- {{Wayback |url= http://example.org/ |title= Example Title |date= 20020121085054 }}
→ Example Title at the Wayback Machine
- Link with "archived" as the link title
- {{Wayback |url= http://example.org/ |title= no |date= 20020121085054 }}
→ archived at the Wayback Machine