Template:Bare URL PDF
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This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, for use ONLY with links to PDF documents.
Usage
Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link to a PDF document:
{{Bare URL PDF|date=October 2025}}
It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag:
<ref>https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=October 2025}}</ref>- Result: [1]
References
This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "[bare URL PDF]", and it will also help track down the citation to improve by keeping the cleanup tag in the citation.
When doing it this way, the date must be manually entered; it cannot be done with the {{Bare URL PDF|{{subst:DATE}}}} shortcut method, because template substitution does not work inside <ref>...</ref> tags.
Tracking categories
- This template places the article into both of the following categories:
- Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations — 16,032 pages
- Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations or a dated subcategory thereof, currently
- Category:Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations — 7,660 pages
Why?
See WP:Bare URLs
How to respond to this tag
See WP:HOWCITE
Template Data
TemplateData for Bare URL PDF
Inline tag to indicate a citation is a bare link to a PDF. Recommend to be placed inside the reference just before </ref>.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| Current date | date | You must provide the full month name and year.
| Date | required |
See also
{{Bare URL inline}}{{Bare URL AV media}}{{Bare URL DOC}}{{Bare URL image}}{{Bare URL plain text}}{{Bare URL spreadsheet}}{{Cleanup bare URLs}}{{Citations broken}}- Wikipedia:Link rot
- Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| reason | reason | no description | Unknown | optional |
| date | date | no description | Unknown | optional |