Template:Usurped/doc

usurped is for displaying square and bare archive URLs, when the underlying source URL has been usurped.


 * Square URL:
 * Bare URL:

The template wraps it so future processes are aware it is a usurped domain. This prevents tools like IABot, reFill and Citation bot (and humans) from converting square or bare archive URLs into a CS1|2 template and thus accidentally re-activating the usurped URL.

It is important to use  otherwise any "=" in the URL itself will cause a problem.

Usage
If a usurped URL is bare or square, and is also an archive, wrap it in as follows:


 * produces:
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If a usurped URL has no archive available, the URL or citation should be deleted entirely from Wikipedia as non-verifiable per WP:V. If the citation would be verifiable without a URL simply delete the URL; otherwise, delete the entire citation.

If the usurped URL is in a CS1|2 template such as  simply change usurped and add an archive URL to archive-url

If a CS1|2 template and no archive is available, the URL or citation should be deleted entirely from Wikipedia as non-verifiable per WP:V. If the citation would be verifiable without a URL simply delete the URL; otherwise, delete the entire citation.

Decision tree of the above steps: WP:USURPURL

Conversion to CS1|2
It is recommended to convert these to CS1|2 eg. where it makes sense. Add usurped and the archive URL to archive-url