Template:Brisplayer/doc

Template:Brisplayer displays an external link to an Australian rules football player's page at Lions.com.au, the official website of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{Brisplayer | ID }}

{{Brisplayer | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters (id, name):

{{Brisplayer | id= ID }}

{{Brisplayer | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Named parameters (link, alt):

{{Brisplayer | link= ID }}

{{Brisplayer | link= ID | alt= NAME }}

No parameters (generates link based on Wikipedia article name, test first to ensure a working link):

{{Brisplayer}}

Parameters

1 (first unnamed parameter)

id

link

Any of these parameters may be used specify the portion of the URL specific to an individual player, such as allen-christensen in http://www.lions.com.au/player-profile/allen-christensen. It defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(footballer)", converted to lower case and with a hyphen added after the first word. If used in the article for Allen Christensen (footballer), the default value is allen-christensen (which is correct, therefore this parameter would be optional). If used in the article for Claye Beams, the default value is claye-beams (which is not correct, so this parameter would be used with clayton-beams).

2 (second unnamed parameter)

name

alt

Any of these parameters may be used to specify the anchor text used for the external link, which should be the name of the player. It defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(footballer)". If used in an article named Allen Christensen (footballer), the default would be Allen Christensen. This parameter is always optional unless the anchor text should be different than the article name. For example, in the article Claye Beams the template might specify the name as Clayton Beams.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URL:

http://www.lions.com.au/player-profile/allen-christensen

Usage:

* {{Brisplayer | allen-christensen | Allen Christensen }}

Result:

• Allen Christensen's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions

Named parameters: id, name

URL:

http://www.lions.com.au/player-profile/zac-obrien

Usage:

* {{Brisplayer | id= zac-obrien | name= Zac O'Brien }}

Result:

• Zac O'Brien's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions

Named parameters: link, alt

URL:

http://www.lions.com.au/player-profile/clayton-beams

Usage:

* {{Brisplayer | link= clayton-beams | alt= Clayton Beams }}

Result:

• Clayton Beams's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions

Using default values

If used in the article for Allen Christensen (footballer), this template automatically generates the correct ID allen-christensen and the following links would work:

* {{Brisplayer}}

If used in the article for Claye Beams, this template automatically generates an incorrect ID claye-beams. The correct ID clayton-beams must be specified:

* {{Brisplayer | clayton-beams }}

See also

Other templates implemented using {{AFL player}}:

• {{Adelplayer}} for players in the Adelaide Football Club
• {{Carlplayer}} for players in the Carlton Football Club
• {{Collplayer}} for players in the Collingwood Football Club
• {{Essplayer}} for players in the Essendon Football Club
• {{Fremplayer}} for players in the Fremantle Football Club
• {{GCplayer}} for players in the Gold Coast Football Club
• {{Geelplayer}} for players in the Geelong Football Club
• {{GWSplayer}} for players in the Greater Western Sydney Giants
• {{Hawplayer}} for players in the Hawthorn Football Club
• {{Melbplayer}} for players in the Melbourne Football Club
• {{NMplayer}} for players in the North Melbourne Football Club
• {{Portplayer}} for players in the Port Adelaide Football Club
• {{Richplayer}} for players in the Richmond Football Club
• {{Stkplayer}} for players in the St Kilda Football Club
• {{Sydplayer}} for players in the Sydney Swans
• {{Wbplayer}} for players in the Western Bulldogs
• {{Wceplayer}} for players in the West Coast Eagles

External links

• Players page at the official Brisbane Lions website