Template:Deprecated archive/doc

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This template renders non-clickable display text followed by a marker indicating that a deprecated archive link was removed. The deprecated archive locator is retained in the wikitext for maintenance, but is not rendered as a link.

Q. Why does this template exist and why does it work like it does?

A. See Wikipedia talk:archive.today guidance § Feedback requested on Template:Deprecated archive and related discussions.

Usage

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> Script error: No such module "Deprecated archive". </syntaxhighlight>

This renders as:

<syntaxhighlight lang="html"> Source page^{[Link Removed]} </syntaxhighlight>

Parameters

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|url= Deprecated archive locator retained in the wikitext for maintenance. It is not rendered.

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|title= Display text shown before the link-removed marker. If omitted, only the link-removed marker is displayed.

Positional parameters are ignored and produce a visible error message.

Tracking

Pages using this template are placed in Category:Deprecated archive template links.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Deprecated archive in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Deprecated archive

<templatedata> { "description": "Renders non-clickable display text while retaining deprecated archive metadata in template parameters.", "params": { "url": { "label": "Deprecated archive locator", "description": "Deprecated archive locator retained in wikitext for maintenance. It is not rendered.", "type": "url", "required": true, "suggested": true }, "title": { "label": "Display text", "description": "Visible text shown before the link-removed marker.", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": true } }, "paramOrder": [ "url", "title" ] } </templatedata>