Template:High traffic/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:High traffic.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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=24 November 2024.
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=24 November 2024|url=http://www.reddit.com/somepagehere.html|site=Reddit}}