Template:Bare URL DOC

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This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, for use ONLY with links to .doc or .docx files, as created by Microsoft Word.

Usage

Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link to an image file:

{{Bare URL DOC|date=August 2026}}

It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag:

• <ref>http://liverpool.gov.uk/media/1356173/sopn-nop-garston-halewood.docx {{bare URL DOC|date=August 2026}}</ref>
  • Result:

References

This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "^{[bare URL DOC/DOCX]}", 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 image|{{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 — 1,273 pages
  • Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations or a dated subcategory thereof, currently
    • Category:Articles with bare URLs for citations from August 2026 — 2 pages
  • Category:Articles with DOC/DOCX file bare URLs for citations — 0 pages

Why?

See WP:Bare URLs

How to respond to this tag

See WP:HOWCITE

Template Data

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TemplateData for Bare URL DOC

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter	Description	Type	Status
name	name	no description	Unknown	optional
reason	reason	no description	Unknown	optional
date	date	no description	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{Bare URL inline}}
• {{Bare URL image}}
• {{Bare URL AV media}}
• {{Bare URL PDF}}
• {{Bare URL plain text}}
• {{Bare URL spreadsheet}}
• {{Cleanup bare URLs}}
• {{Citations broken}}
• Wikipedia:Link rot
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup

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Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter	Description	Type	Status
name	name	no description	Unknown	optional
reason	reason	no description	Unknown	optional
date	date	no description	Unknown	optional

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