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Links in an "External links" section can be made using the [[Template:external link|External link]] template.
Links in an "External links" section can be made using the [[Template:external link|External link]] template.
[[w:Link_rot|Link rot]] is a problem. In a 2003 experiment, one link out of every 200 links became inactive each week. Links to other websites should be archived if possible using archiving sites like [http://archive.is/ Archive.is] or [http://www.webcitation.org/ Web Citation].
Both the Cite Web and External links templates provide variables for saving archive links.


===Anchor links===
===Anchor links===
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