Template:Bare URL plain text
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This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, for use ONLY with links to plain text files.
Usage
Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link to a plain text file:
{{Bare URL plain text|date=May 2026}}
It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag:
<ref>http://grao.bg/tna/tab02.txt {{bare URL plain text|date=May 2026}}</ref>- Result: [1]
References
This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "[bare URL plain text file]", and it will also help track down the citation to improve by keeping the cleanup tag in the citation. When doing it this way, the date must be manually entered; it cannot be done with the {{Bare URL plain text|{{subst:DATE}}}} shortcut method, because template substitution does not work inside <ref>...</ref> tags.
Tracking categories
- This template places the article into both of the following categories:
- Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations — 12,993 pages
- Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations or a dated subcategory thereof, currently
- Category:Articles with plain text file bare URLs for citations — 87 pages
Why?
See WP:Bare URLs
How to respond to this tag
See WP:HOWCITE
Template Data
TemplateData for Bare URL plain text
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| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
{{Bare URL inline}}{{Bare URL PDF}}{{Bare URL AV media}}{{Bare URL DOC}}{{Bare URL image}}{{Bare URL spreadsheet}}{{Cleanup bare URLs}}{{Citations broken}}- Wikipedia:Link rot
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
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| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |