Editing Template:External links/doc

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==When to use==
Add this to the top of the ''External links'' section whenever:
* There are too many links for this article.  (Most editors object to more than about eight or sometimes ten links, but the best number for a given article depends on the specific circumstances, and may range from zero to more than a dozen.)
* One or more of the links present (regardless of number) are inappropriate for any reason.

If there are external links within the body of an article (which is almost always inappropriate), this tag should be placed at the top of the article instead.

Please consider fixing the problem yourself, rather than using this tag to ask someone else to do it. Don't forget to remove this template when the concerns appear to have been resolved.

==Usage==
Use:
:<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>External links|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> or
:<code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>External links|section|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> to apply to a single section

This template will categorize tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia external links cleanup]].

* This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]].
* Please do not [[Wikipedia:Substitution|substitute]] this template.

If this is a perennial problem, consider substituting {{Tlx|No more links}} in the external links section: {{tlf|subst:No more links}}.

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
    "description": "Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article's use of external links may not follow Wikipedia's policies or guidelines.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"example": "January 2013",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"1": {
			"label": "Affected area",
			"description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "section",
			"example": "section"
		}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"date",
		"1"
	]
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:External links]]
* [[Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup]]
* {{tl|External links inline}}{{snd}}inline template for tagging individual external links that may be inappropriate
* {{Tl|Advert}}
* {{Tl|No more links}}{{snd}}a similar message is inserted as a &lt;!-- comment -->
* {{Tl|Further reading cleanup}}{{snd}}banner template for cleaning up [[WP:FURTHER|non-website lists]]
* {{Tl|Overlinked}}
* {{tl|Cite web}}
* {{tl|Cleanup bare URLs}}

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