Template:High traffic

On {{{date}}}, Template:High traffic was linked from a high-traffic website. (See visitor traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

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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^[1] on a high traffic site. It may also be used if the talk page is linked or mentioned.

Use the syntax {{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=18 May 2024.
url is the URL (including the http:// prefix) of the originating site, preferably link the particular page that links Wikipedia, i.e. is going to hit this article heavily, e.g. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/17/183242.
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:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}

On 18 May 2024, Template:High traffic was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (See visitor traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Multiple links from high-traffic sites:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|date2=18 May 2024|url2=http://www.cnn.com/somepagehere.html|site2=CNN}}

Template:High traffic has been linked from multiple high-traffic websites.

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

18 May 2024	Reddit	Link	See visitor traffic
18 May 2024	CNN	Link	See visitor traffic

Mentioned^[1] on a high-traffic site but not linked from it. Common on high-traffic news web sites:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|linktext=mentioned|afterlinktext=on|notlinked=yes}}

On 18 May 2024, Template:High traffic was mentioned on Reddit, a high-traffic website. (See visitor traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Small version:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|small=yes}}

On 18 May 2024, Template:High traffic was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=talk}}

On 18 May 2024, this talk page was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (See visitor traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Both article and talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date=18 May 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=both}}

On 18 May 2024, Template:High traffic and its talk page were linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (See visitor traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

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

Notes

^ ^a ^b Template:Press is preferred if the article is mentioned rather than linked, even for high-traffic sites.

Template:High traffic

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