Template:High traffic

On {{{date}}}, Template:High traffic was linked from a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

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Usage

Add this template to the top of the talk page associated with the page that is linked from or mentioned^[1] on a high traffic site. It may also be used if the talk page is linked or mentioned.

Use the syntax {{high traffic|date=|site=|url=|small=|page=|linktext|afterlinktext|date2=|site2=|page2=|...|date10=|site10=|page10=}} where

date is the date on which the link or mention occurred, e.g. date=7 February 2025.
url is the URL (including the http:// prefix) of the originating site, preferably link the particular page that links Wikipedia, i.e. is going to hit this article heavily, e.g. http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/17/183242.
site is the simple description of the website, e.g. Slashdot.

Additional parameters:

date2 through date10, url2 through url10, and site2 through site10 - used if the page is mentioned on more than one high-traffic site. If you need to add more than 10 please update the template.
linktext to change the word "linked" and afterlinktext to change the word "from." Use notlinked=yes to disable Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites.
small if set to yes, makes a small version of this template
page is usually blank. If the talk page is linked or mentioned, use page=talk. If both the talk page and article pages are linked or mentioned, use page=both.

Blank format:

Horizontal:

{{high traffic|date=|site=|url=|small=|page=|linktext|afterlinktext|date2=|site2=|page2=|...|date10=|site10=|page10=}}

Vertical:

{{high traffic
| link text
| after link text
| url =
| small =
| date =
| site =
| page =
| date2 =
| site2 =
| page2 =
| date3 =
| site3 =
| page3 =
| date4 =
| site4 =
| page4 =
| date5 =
| site5 =
| page5 =
| date6 =
| site6 =
| page6 =
| date7 =
| site7 =
| page7 =
| date8 =
| site8 =
| page8 =
| date9 =
| site9 =
| page9 =
| date10 =
| site10 =
| page10 =
}}
Example uses:

Common - one incoming link:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}

On 7 February 2025, Template:High traffic was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Multiple links from high-traffic sites:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|date2=7 February 2025|url2=http://www.cnn.com/somepagehere.html|site2=CNN}}

Template:High traffic has been linked from multiple high-traffic websites.

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Table
7 February 2025	Reddit	link	Traffic
7 February 2025	CNN	link	Traffic

Mentioned^[1] on a high-traffic site but not linked from it. Common on high-traffic news web sites:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|linktext=mentioned|afterlinktext=on|notlinked=yes}}

On 7 February 2025, Template:High traffic was mentioned on Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Small version:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|small=yes}}

On 7 February 2025, Template:High traffic was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=talk}}

On 7 February 2025, this talk page was linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Both article and talk page linked from high-traffic site:

{{high traffic|date=7 February 2025|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit|page=both}}

On 7 February 2025, Template:High traffic and its talk page were linked from Reddit, a high-traffic website. (Traffic)

All prior and subsequent edits to the article are noted in its revision history.

Pages this template is used on are placed into Category:Articles linked from high traffic sites.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Template:Press is preferred if the article is mentioned rather than linked, even for high-traffic sites.

Usage

Notes

See also

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