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usurped is for displaying square and bare archive URLs, when the underlying source URL has been usurped. It is not the same as template {{unfit}}, see below when to use "unfit" vs "usurped".
- Square URL:
{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/2011010101/http://usurped-domain.com Example]}} - Bare URL:
{{usurped|1=https://web.archive.org/web/2011010101/http://usurped-domain.com}}
The template wraps it so future processes are aware it is a usurped domain. This prevents tools like IABot, reFill and Citation bot (and humans) from converting square or bare archive URLs into a CS1|2 template and thus accidentally re-activating the usurped URL.
It is important to use 1= otherwise any "=" in the URL itself will cause a problem.