Wikipedia:Protocol-relative URL
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A protocol-relative URL (PRURL) is the preferred method on Wikipedia when a website offers both HTTP and HTTPS, for example Internet Archive and YouTube. A PRURL is a method that automatically uses either HTTP or HTTPS depending on the user's browser settings.
Example:
- *[//archive.org Internet Archive]
- generates
Previous discussions and links
Policy discussions
- Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 111#PRL (Original consensus discussion. 17 January 2014)
- Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)/Archive 123#How should external protocol-relative links be implemented.3F (Follow-up on how to implement. 23 January 2014)
- Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)/Archive 115#Protocol Relative URLs (Follow-up on Internet Explorer issues. 18 September 2014)
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