Template:Cbignore

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{{Cbignore}} (Cite Bot Ignore) is a flag that informs participating bots (such as InternetArchiveBot, but not Citation Bot) not to fix a dead link or to otherwise leave a citation alone for whatever reason. (For example, if the bot is making alterations to the reference that it should not make.) {{Cbignore}} might also be used by other bots (see talk page for more info)—any participating bot can use this tool as a way to selectively ignore citations.

Instructions

For references

Examples

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>^[1]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>^[2]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>^[3]</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>^[4]^{[dead link]}</syntaxhighlight>

For citation templates not inside ref tags

Place this template directly after the affected citation template or relevant archive or dead-link templates.

Examples

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help)^{[dead link]}</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help)</syntaxhighlight>
<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline> {{cite web}}: Empty citation (help)^{[dead link]}</syntaxhighlight>

For external links

Place the template directly after the link's closing square bracket.

Example

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>[1]</syntaxhighlight>

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Cbignore in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Cbignore

<templatedata> { "description": "Place this template immediately after a citation template or a external link to prevent bots such as InternetArchiveBot from changing the link.", "params": {} } </templatedata>

Instructions

For references

Examples

For citation templates not inside ref tags

Examples

For external links

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TemplateData

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