Template:LinkedIn

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Instructions

This template is to be used for citing individual pages on LinkedIn. Please note that LinkedIn requires an account to consult the profiles.

Most of the time, archive.org or any archive service won't be able to provide an archive. In this case, you must provide a screenshot.

Usage

Copy the template code below for the required usage and paste it into the appropriate place in an article, fill the required fields, and remove any that you don't use. If used in the External links section, do not add an archive.

Externals links

{{LinkedIn|url=|text=|isprofile=1}}

Required parameters

• |url= URL of the web page, minus the domain name (https://www.linkedin.com/).
• |text= Name of the page being cited.
• |isprofile= For LinkedIn profile pages listed on real-world people articles, such as the external links section, input 1 here (for example, isprofile=1). This flag inhibits the display of backup links.

References

{{LinkedIn|url=|text=|date=|archivedate=|archiveurl=|archivefile=|nobackup=}}

Required parameters

• |url= URL of the web page, minus the domain name (https://www.linkedin.com/).
• |text= Name of the page being cited.
• backup link, see instructions below.

Optional parameters

• |date= Date the LinkedIn post was published online. In the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Backup links

Instructions for providing a backup link In accordance with our Sourcing policy, all links to external sites must include a link to a backup version, preferably using Internet Archive. Instances that do not include one of the following parameters will result in the page being placed in the maintenance category. Please only use one of the following parameters. |archivedate=20250521032748 This parameter uses the timestamp feature of Internet Archive. The URL supplied earlier in the template, along with archivedate, will provide a link to Internet Archive. |archiveurl=https://archive.is/EfD8P If Internet Archive does not work for the link in question, you can use archiveurl to provide a full URL to another backup website, such as archive.is. |archivefile=File:Jon_Favreau_The_Mandalorian.png If none of the archiving sites work, then provide a link to a screenshot of the page, uploaded to Wookieepedia, as per Wookieepedia:Mofferences/June 29, 2014. |nobackup=1 If no backup link can be found for content that is no longer available, this parameter can be used. If the content is still available, you can screenshot and upload it to Wookieepedia instead. |nolive=1 If the original content is no longer available, this parameter can be used, which will make the template add "content now obsolete;" to the citation. This may also mean a backup link can no longer be provided, and therefore may be used as well as |nobackup=1. Some citation templates such as {{SWArchive}} link to older content that is known to be no longer available, and therefore automatically default to |nolive=1 without the need to add the parameter manually. Note that for citation templates using a central repository (/Archive subpage), archivedate values must be added to the repository, and not on the individual instance of those templates.

Example(s)

Externals links

{{LinkedIn|url=in/eric-musco-40982525|text=Eric Musco|isprofile=1}}

Results in:

Eric Musco on LinkedIn

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References

{{LinkedIn|url=in/eric-musco-40982525|text=Eric Musco|archivefile=File:Eric_Musco_LinkedIn.png}}

Results in:

Eric Musco on LinkedIn (screenshot)

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{{LinkedIn|url=pulse/sandy-decrescents-impact-motion-pictures-industry-paksy-plackis-cheng|text=Sandy DeCrescent's Impact on the Motion Pictures Industry|date=2019-05-16|archivedate=20190522160345}}

Results in:

Sandy DeCrescent's Impact on the Motion Pictures Industry on LinkedIn (May 16, 2019) (backup link)