Editing Eurovision Wiki:External links/Noticeboard (section)

== CVE template usage ==

The [[Template:CVE]], which creates an external link to the [[National Vulnerability Database]] is commonly used in the body of articles which seems to me as a violation of NOELBODY. The article I personally first came across this use is [[XZ Utils backdoor]] and it seems this use is done on most pages that this template is transcluded. Is this one of the exceptions to the guideline? -- <span style="background-color: #000000; padding: 1px;">[[User:ChaosAmber|<span style="color: #00F927">Chaos</span>]] [[User talk:ChaosAmber|<span style="color: #ffbf00">Amber</span>]]</span> 19:34, 26 February 2026 (UTC)

:@[[User:ChaosAmber|ChaosAmber]], thanks for the clear example.  I haven't seen that template before.  
:I think that content would be better suited for inclusion in {{tl|Infobox bug}}, don't you?  If it's worth mentioning in the text of the article, then the template could perhaps be used inside ref tags, but I'm not sure that the number itself is worth mentioning in the text.  
:I'm not sure I'm explaining this clearly, so here's an example:
:* Current:  "The issue has been given the [[Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures]] number [[CVE (identifier)|CVE]]-[https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3094 2024-3094] and has been assigned a [[Common Vulnerability Scoring System|CVSS]] score of 10.0, the highest possible score."
:* My suggestion:  "[[Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures]] assigned a [[Common Vulnerability Scoring System|CVSS]] score of 10.0, the highest possible score." (and the id# is in the infobox)
:[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 20:15, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
::The suggested version does seem better, but my question was more focused on the use of the template in article bodies in general, not in that article in particular. I am not an editor of the article I linked. -- <span style="background-color: #000000; padding: 1px;">[[User:ChaosAmber|<span style="color: #00F927">Chaos</span>]] [[User talk:ChaosAmber|<span style="color: #ffbf00">Amber</span>]]</span> 20:29, 26 February 2026 (UTC)
:::So... I've not heard of this one before, so it's probably not one of the most common/traditional exceptions (e.g., IETF RFCs or Bible verses).  
:::IMO it's not entirely unreasonable (if you're going to have the id number in the text of the article in the first place, it might as well do something useful for the reader, and there is an argument to be made that it is useful to verify that nobody's changed the ID number), but I would recommend following [[WP:NOELBODY]] instead.  Following NOELBODY probably means one of these three approaches:
:::* Remove the number and template from the text and put it in the infobox (if the article is about a bug)
:::* Remove the number and template from the text and put it inside ref tags (if there is other content, e.g., the CVSS score)
:::* Move it to the ==External links== section (if the bug is particularly relevant to the topic, e.g., ''not'' in [[Microsoft Windows]])
:::[[User:WhatamIdoing|WhatamIdoing]] ([[User talk:WhatamIdoing|talk]]) 20:44, 26 February 2026 (UTC)