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===Citations and External links=== | ===Citations and External links=== | ||
For non Quran/hadith citations, always use the [[template:citation|"Citation" template]]. At present, several other templates for citations exist (such as [[template:cite web quotebox|"Cite Web Quotebox" template]], [[template:cite book|"Cite Book" template]], and [[template:cite|"Cite" template]]), however these templates should not be used. These other templates for citation exist for now only because site administrators are in the process of removing these templates, which will take some time since much of the older content on the site is formatted using the several other, older, and messier templates for citations. | |||
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. | ||
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[[w:Wikipedia: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://www.webcitation.org/ Web Citation] or [http://archive.is/ Archive.is]. | [[w:Wikipedia: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://www.webcitation.org/ Web Citation] or [http://archive.is/ Archive.is]. | ||
Both the | Both the Citation and External links templates provide variables for saving archive links. Higher priority should be given to links where the information is not likely to be found anywhere else. | ||
====How to archive links==== | ====How to archive links==== | ||