Template talk:VanguardFundURL

Currently generating invalid URLs
As of June 10, 2023, this template seems to no longer generate URLs linking to specific Vanguard funds, but (apparently, and confusingly) either something random or perhaps whatever fund you last visited at their site. Vanguard have changed the way their web site operates. From some experimentation, it appears that it may no longer be possible to properly access fund pages directly by fund number (0585) at all, but now only by fund ID (VTSAX), for example https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vtsax.

Because of page protections ("This page has been protected from editing because it is transcluded in ..."), I cannot edit or otherwise fix this template. --TedSwippet 07:36, 10 June 2023 (UTC)


 * I concur that Vanguard has abandoned fund parameters in their URL. Redirects are either not implemented or broken. Fortunately, we only use this template in Template:Fund sidebar.


 * The cleanest fix is to simply remove the this template from use in Template:Fund sidebar. The template will still be useful, but without a link to the Vanguard site.


 * I have removed the active code from this template, from Template:Fund sidebar, and have revised the supporting documentation pages. We should consider deleting this template. --LadyGeek 23:53, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Proposed deletion
I have proposed this template for deletion. If this is acceptable, --LadyGeek 00:04, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * The above section should be copied to Template talk:Fund sidebar
 * Link to the above new section from Talk:Vanguard fund info