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Question re: formatting references
Hi Mertbiol, Thank you so much for your help with the Henry Winkler article re: formatting the references (my least favorite activity on the WP!). I do have a "help" question as a follow up. If I (or other editors) add references to the article in the future, how do I maintain the formatting with the archival link? Is there a tool that I can use each time, or is there some aspect to the wiki mark-up that I'm not familiar with? Thank you again for your help with the references!! -Classicfilms (talk) 14:58, 16 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Hi Thanks for your message. Running the archiving bot (IABot) is very straightforward, but the instructions on how to do it are well hidden. The easiest way is:
 * make sure you are logged in to your Wikipedia account;
 * click on the "View history" tab of the article that you would like to archive;
 * at the top of the page history screen, under the box that says "Filter revisions", you’ll see a list of "External tools";
 * click on "Fix dead links" on the right hand side (it's next to "Pageviews");
 * You'll be taken to iabot.toolforge.org/ and you should see a white screen with a message saying "Login required";
 * Click on the grey "Not logged in" link in the top right hand corner;
 * You are sent back to Wikipedia to authorise IABot (follow the prompts to set up OAuth if you haven't done this before) - you may need to type in your Wikipedia username and password again;
 * Click the blue "Allow" button to allow IABot to make edits on Wikipedia through your account;
 * You are sent back to IABot and you should see a white screen with the title "Analyze a page";
 * Type in the page title of the article whose links you want to archive;
 * Tick the optional check box that says "Add archives to all non-dead references";
 * Click "Analyze";
 * IABot will run and when it's finished you'll see a green horizontal banner at the top of the browser screen;
 * Go back to the article page on Wikipedia to check that IABot has correctly archived the references and that it hasn't generated any errors.
 * Give it a try and if you've got any questions, let me know and I'll do my best to help out!
 * Best wishes, Mertbiol (talk) 15:49, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you ... One more question - it looks like this bot works after the reference is already added. So that means that each time I add references, I should then run this bot?
 * Also, a barnstar for you!-Classicfilms (talk) 19:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

Hi Thanks very much for the barnstar!! Yes, you can only archive the reference after you've added it through the normal editing process. The bot has a couple of quirks: Hope this helps Mertbiol (talk) 19:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
 * it seems to scan through a cached version of the article, rather than the current version, which means that new references sometimes aren't picked up. I tend to wait a couple of hours after adding a reference before I attempt to archive it.
 * it prefers you to use the  parameter rather than the   parameter (i.e. without the hyphen) in the citation templates.


 * You are most welcome... A much-deserved barnstar indeed! Ok, it's crystal clear now. I can't wait to try this out! If I run into any issues, I will let you know.-Classicfilms (talk) 19:46, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Wow!! Thanks Dwai! Hope all is well! -Classicfilms (talk) 03:52, 2 August 2022 (UTC)

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