Template:IOBDB name/sandbox

IOBDB name/sandbox at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

This is the template sandbox page for Template:IOBDB name (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

This template uses Lua:

Template:IOBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters: {{IOBDB name | ID }}; {{IOBDB name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters: {{IOBDB name | id= ID }}; {{IOBDB name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property Internet Off-Broadway Database ID (P4456): {{IOBDB name}}; {{IOBDB name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

Go to www.IOBDB.com and search for a person
Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
The page URL should look like
http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/#####

where "#####" indicates a number.
Add to the external links section the text:
* {{IOBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}

where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URLs: http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465; http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/2465 (archive)

Usage: * {{IOBDB name | 2465 | Sarah Jones }}

Output

Sarah Jones at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Named parameters

URLs: http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/27422; http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/27422 (archive)

Usage: * {{IOBDB name | id= 27422 | name= Michael Chernus }}

Output

Michael Chernus at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage: * {{IOBDB name}}

Output

{{IOBDB name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:IOBDB name in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for IOBDB name

This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 2465 is the ID in http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4456 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4456	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the person's name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

ID parameter exists

ID parameter does not exist

Category:IOBDB name template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)