This is a documentation subpage for Template:Password-protected. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template may be used to identify sources that require a login or password to access, for example, if it is not known whether registration is free or payment is required, or most especially if the owner reserves the right to start charging registered users a recurring fee in the future without further notice to them. It may also be added to flag a source that is not publicly accessible; for example, if you see a citation to a company intranet (or extranet) inside an article, then you may use this template to tag the citation accordingly.

To use this template, optionally insert the "{{closed access}}" template after the opening <ref> tag, then insert this “{{password-protected}}” template before the closing </ref> tag; for example,

...Microsoft licensing agreements.<ref>{{closed access}}https://eagreements.microsoft.com{{Password-protected}}</ref>

will produce:

...Microsoft licensing agreements.^[1]

in the text of the article, and

in the reference list ("{{reflist}}" or “<references />” appears).

• {{Dead link}} to flag dead or unreachable links
• {{Closed access}} vs. {{Open access}} to display a symbol to indicate that a publication is or is not available under open access and is or is not behind a paywall
• {{Free access}} and {{limited access}}
• {{Link note}}
• {{Subscription or libraries}} to add when a subscription may be required or content may be at a library
• {{Password-protected}}
• {{Registration required}} to flag an external link that requires free registration
• {{Subscription or membership required}} to flag an external link that requires subscription or UK library membership
• {{Subscription required}} to flag an external link that requires subscription
• the access-level options of {{citation}}, e.g., "url-access"