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==Usage==
Add this template to the top of the '''talk page''' associated with the page that is linked from or mentioned<ref name="mentioned">''[[Template:Press]]'' is preferred if the article is mentioned rather than linked, even for high-traffic sites.</ref> on a high traffic site. It may also be used if the talk page is linked or mentioned.

Use the syntax '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date=|site=|url=|small=|page=|linktext|afterlinktext|date2=|site2=|page2=|...|date10=|site10=|page10=}}''' where
*'''date''' is the date on which the link or mention occurred, e.g. ''date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.'' 
*'''url''' is the URL (including the '''<nowiki>http://</nowiki>''' prefix) of the originating site, preferably link the particular page that links Wikipedia, i.e. is going to hit this article heavily, e.g. ''<nowiki> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/17/183242</nowiki>''.
*'''site''' is the simple description of the website, e.g. ''Slashdot''.

Additional parameters:
*'''date2''' through '''date10''', '''url2''' through '''url10''', and '''site2''' through '''site10''' - used if the page is mentioned on more than one high-traffic site.  If you need to add more than 10 please update the template.
*'''linktext''' to change the word "linked" and '''afterlinktext''' to change the word "from."  Use '''notlinked=yes''' to disable [[:Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites]].
*'''small''' if set to ''yes'', makes a small version of this template
*'''page''' is usually blank.  If the talk page is linked or mentioned, use page=talk.  If both the talk page and article pages are linked or mentioned, use page=both.

'''Example uses:'''

Common - one incoming link:
:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}

Multiple links from high-traffic sites:
:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|date2={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url2=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.cnn.com/somepagehere.html|site2=CNN}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|date2={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url2=http://www.cnn.com/somepagehere.html|site2=CNN}}

Mentioned<ref name="mentioned" /> on a high-traffic site but not linked from it.  Common on high-traffic news web sites:
:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|linktext=mentioned|afterlinktext=on|notlinked=yes}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|linktext=mentioned|afterlinktext=on|notlinked=yes}}

Small version:
:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|small=yes}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|small=yes}}
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Talk page linked from high-traffic site:

:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=talk}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=talk}}

Both article and talk page linked from high-traffic site:
:'''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=<nowiki>http://</nowiki>www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=both}}'''

{{high traffic|date={{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=both}}



Pages this template is used on are placed into [[:Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites]].

==Notes==
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==See also==
* {{tl|press}}
* {{tl|pp-semi-vandalism}}, [[Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy|semi-protection]], next possible step if there is continual vandalism
* [[Wikipedia:Template locations]], dispute regarding the placement of templates mainly directed at editors in the article namespace or on talk pages
* [[Wikipedia:Popular pages]]

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