Template:ImportedFrom

This article was originally retrieved from the "[{{{URL}}} {{{Title}}}]" article on Wikipedia, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

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{{importedFrom}} – This template allows you to easily add a link to an original article source originating from another website

Parameters

URL

(Required) The URL of the website the article contents was sourced from

Title

(Required) The title of the article from the above source

Site Name

(Optional) The name of the site the article comes from. This defaults to Wikipedia

License

(Optional) The license the original content was licensed under, minus the word "license" on the end. This defaults to "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported".

Examples

Code	Results
A normal link {{ImportedFrom|Title=Article 1|URL=https://en.wikipedia.org/}}	This article was originally retrieved from the "Article 1" article on Wikipedia, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
A link to an external site with a custom license type {{ImportedFrom|Title=Morning Rush|URL=https://www.google.com/|Site Name=TWC Wikia|License=Public Domain}}	This article was originally retrieved from the "Morning Rush" article on TWC Wikia, which is licensed under the Public Domain License
A link to a custom site with the default license {{ImportedFrom|Title=Morning Rush|URL=https://www.google.com/|Site Name=A Random Wiki}}	This article was originally retrieved from the "Morning Rush" article on A Random Wiki, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License

TemplateData

Easily add a link to an original article source originating from another website. For articles from Deletionpedia, use Template:RescuedFrom

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Article Title	Title	The title of the article from your source Example The Weather Channel	String	required
Article URL	URL	The URL of the article from your source Example https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ArticleTitle&oldid=0123456789	URL	required
Site Name (Optional)	Site Name	(Only required if the article doesn't come from Wikipedia) The name of the site the article comes from Example Weather Wiki	String	optional
License (Optional)	License	(Only required if the article doesn't come from Wikipedia.) The license the original content was licensed under, minus the word "license" on the end Example Public Domain	String	optional

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