External link templates

The pages listed in this category are meant to be templates providing external links. Further template category notes This category contains pages in the template namespace. It should not be used to categorize articles or pages in other namespaces. To include a template in this category, add [[Category:External link templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of the template’s /doc subpage if such a page exists. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:External link templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the last character of the code.

Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories when appropriate. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large. It should list very few, if any, article pages directly and should mainly contain appropriately categorized subcategories.

 See also categories: Attribution templates and Citation templates

This category includes templates that create links to external resources. Generally, templates should only be made for links to sites that meet one or more of these three criteria:

1. The site is a commonly linked primary source (e.g., UK Intellectual Property Office).
2. The site is a high-quality reliable source that covers the subject in greater detail than Scratchpad can, or should.
3. The site is a Wikimedia sisterproject (e.g., Wiktionary). These should be categorized in Category:Interwiki link templates.

Scratchpad prohibits the linking of copyright violations, malware, and spam regardless of whether the link is typed directly or placed with a template. All links and link templates should be used only in ways that comply with the external links and citing sources guidelines.

 See also: Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects

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