Nikki1964

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Help me

I have a quick question that I can't seem to find the answer to on the wiki help pages. What about linking to sites ie newspapers, that have a paywall...I am keen to make sure that I don't link to pages that will contribute to link rot or upset users.

Thanks

Hello. While it's non-paywalled sources are preferred, you can still add references to paywalled sources, just tag them with {{subscription required}} like:

<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.example.org |title=Webpage title |accessdate=22 September 2012}} {{subscription required|s}}</ref>

Which will produce:

"Webpage title". Retrieved 22 September 2012. (Subscription required.)

"The costs or difficulties of verifying a source do not impact its reliability, as long as it can be verified by someone in a reasonable time frame."

Zhaofeng Li [talk... contribs...] 08:57, 7 April 2014 (UTC)