Template:Dead end

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• This template should be added to articles which have no internal links. Articles which have some internal links, but are in need of more, should be tagged with {{underlinked}} instead.
• An optional parameter can be specified to give other Wikipedians an idea of what general topic this article covers so that they may add links relevant to it.
• This template will add pages to Category:Dead-end pages or one of its dated subcategories.
• The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste

  {{Dead end}}

  to the top of an article. You may also drop it into the top of a section, but please specify the "|section" option to generate the proper template text.
• Please do not include Category pages.

Finding dead-end articles

Looking for dead-end articles?

• Check Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Dead end to find articles tagged with this template. (article transclusions only)
• Special:DeadendPages gives the most recent database report.
• Help:Dead-end pages tells you how to help.

See also

• {{Underlinked}} – for articles that need more internal links
• {{Orphan}} – for articles that are not linked from other articles, that have few to no incoming links (also see Wikipedia:Orphan § Criteria)

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