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A template to indicate that the preceding URL is dead Template parameters This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Month and year date The month and year the URL was found to be dead, like "June 2013" Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} String suggested Bot name bot The name of the bot used to identify the dead link (not ...
This template is used to track permanently dead YouTube videos—meaning videos that are dead and no archive of them exists on the known YouTube archive sites on en:Wikipedia (https://ghostarchive.org and https://archive.org). The idea of this category is that a similar video replacement can be found to replace the dead link.
Template:Dead link is permanently protected from editing because it is a heavily used or highly visible template. Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page. Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page.
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I find the text "permanent dead link" rather odd. Could we change it to "permanently dead link"? It's an adverb, saying that the link is dead in a permanent way, i.e. permanently dead; it's not the link that is permanent. Compare also with the name Category:Articles with permanently dead external links. --Jhertel 20:57, 16 March 2018 (UTC)
This category keeps track of articles with the {} template that have the fix-attempted parameter set to "yes". These are cases in which someone has tried to fix the dead link by replacing it with an archive link, but no archive could be found. In these cases, it may be best to remove or replace the link.
Marking dead links signals to editors and to link rot bots that this link needs to be replaced with an archive link. Placing {{ dead link }} also auto-categorizes the article into Articles with dead external links project category, and into specific monthly date range category based on |date= parameter.