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== Adding Links ==
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If you add an external link, preview it to make sure it works.
 
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== Dealing with Link Rot ==
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=== Marking rotted links ===
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If you find an external link that doesn't work, add the <code>{{tl|dead link}}</code> template immediately after the link's closing square bracket to point it out. Don't delete the link; we'll usually want to attempt to find the page that was originally being linked.
 
=== Fixing rotted links ===
The {{tl|dead link}} template adds [[:Category:Pages with Broken Links]] to the page with the bad link. If you're looking for links that need work, that's the place to look for them.
 
If you know for a fact that the reason the link doesn't work is because the website has been taken down, replace it with a link that works! There's always the [[Wayback Machine]], of course. If that doesn't help, [[Google]] it, even if you have no reason to expect results. You may be pleasantly surprised.
 
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