Template:Bare URL PDF/doc

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This template is an inline alternative to {{Cleanup bare URLs}}, for use ONLY with links to PDF documents.

Usage

Paste this after a bare-URL reference/link to a PDF document:

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It is best to place the tag inside a citation, just before the closing </ref> tag:

<ref>https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf {{bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref>
- Result: ^[1]

References

↑ https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8749/CBP-8749.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

This will still categorize the page for cleanup without cluttering the present paragraph with "^{[bare URL PDF]}", and it will also help track down the citation to improve by keeping the cleanup tag in the citation.

When doing it this way, the date must be manually entered; it cannot be done with the {{Bare URL PDF|{{subst:DATE}}}} shortcut method, because template substitution does not work inside <ref>...</ref> tags.

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Bare URL PDF in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Bare URL PDF

Inline tag to indicate a citation is a bare link to a PDF. Recommend to be placed inside the reference just before </ref>.

Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
name	`name`	no description	Unknown	optional
reason	`reason`	no description	Unknown	optional
Current date	`date`	You must provide the full month name and year. Example December 2012	Date	required

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