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This only applies to ELs, not to citations. While it is, of course, better to let a citation point to a free-access online resource rather than a paywalled one if both (legally) point to the same document, Wikipedia depends on reliable refs, not on free or online refs. So, the access-status is irrelevant in regard to citation links. Let's not introduce restrictions into template documentation through the backdoor. Also, template documentation is not a guideline, such terms are better avoided. |
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Revision as of 20:02, September 23, 2020
This guidance does not restrict linking to websites that are being used as sources to provide content in articles.
- Documentation
- Text of the caveat, which applies to guidance preferring free content as target for external links above web resources with a more restricted access (including subscription, registration, or otherwise limited access).
- This caveat is used multiple times in the WP:EL guidance.