Template:Wayback

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This template generates a link to archived pages or page histories at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org).

Usage

Template parameters

Parameter	Description		Default	Status
`1` site url	URL	Original URL of the web page that archived. Example: http://example.org/ (the template automatically generates the full archive link).	empty	required
`2` title	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

Template data

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This template generates a link to archived pages or page histories at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org).

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
URL	`1` `site` `url`	Original URL of the web page that archived. Example: http://example.org/ (the template automatically generates the full archive link).	URL	required
title	`2` `title`	The text label for the external link. Default archive copy	Line	optional
timestamp	`date`	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. Default *	Line	optional

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

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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