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This function is now built into ((citation)) and the Citation Style 1 templates by use of |url-access= and |via=.

See WP:PAYWALL for the related policy

This template is used on approximately 33,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

The ((subscription required)) template can be used to flag an external link that requires a paid subscription.

Use the ((subscription required)) template when:

You create or find a link to an external website

in a reference citation

in a paragraph within the body of an article

in the "External links" section of an article

AND

a reader must pay to subscribe to the website to gain access to the linked page.

Usage

Using ((subscription required)) will place a note by the link.

Append the ((subscription required)) template directly after the link or citation template, leaving the original link intact. If the ((subscription required)) template is not placed directly after the link or citation template, the template will not be correctly detected by automated tools.

If the external link is part of a reference citation, the ((subscription required)) template should be placed directly after the link or citation template but before the </ref> tag. Placing ((subscription required)) directly after the link or citation template but before the </ref> tag will cause the subscription required message to appear in the footnote reference area of the article rather than in the body of the text. Placing the message in the body of the text is not recommended in this situation.

Common form

((subscription required))

This generates :

(subscription required)

Optional parameters

((subscription required|via=))

where via is the publication or website used.

In order to get the result as a sentence, write ((subscription required|s)). This generates :

(Subscription required.)

Redirects

((pay))
((paywall))
((required subscription))
((restricted access))
((subreq))
((subscription))
((subscriptionrequired))
((subscription needed))

Categorization

Using this template in its common form will add pages to Category:Pages containing links to subscription-only content (35,285); when the |via= parameter is added, pages will also be placed into Category:Subscription required using via (1,771).

Examples

External links

* [http://example.org/ Webpage title] ((subscription required))

Webpage title (subscription required)

Citation templates

Example.<ref>((cite web |url=http://example.org/ |title=Webpage title |access-date=September 22, 2012)) ((subscription required))</ref>

Example.^[1]

Example.^[2]

Example.^[3]

^ "Webpage title". Retrieved September 22, 2012. (subscription required)
^ Woolf, Marie (13 April 2008). "Pirates can claim UK asylum". The Sunday Times. London. Retrieved 22 April 2009. (Subscription required.)
^ Obrinsky, Mark (1983). Profit Theory and Capitalism. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press – via Questia (subscription required). p. 1. ISBN 978-0812278637.

Citation templates using `|url-access=` and `|via=`

Example.<ref>((cite web |url=http://example.org/ |title=Webpage title |access-date=September 22, 2012 |url-access=limited))</ref>