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Template:LinkedIn URL displays an external link to an account at LinkedIn. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Please make a particular effort to verify the authenticity of social media links. Legitimate LinkedIn accounts are usually named in reliable sources, such as newspaper stories, about the subject, or linked by other subject-controlled sources.

Usage

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Unnamed parameters:

{{LinkedIn URL | URL }}
{{LinkedIn URL | URL | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{LinkedIn URL | url= URL }}
{{LinkedIn URL | url= URL | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property P6634:

{{LinkedIn URL}}
{{LinkedIn URL |name=NAME }}

Examples

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Unnamed parameters

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URL:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeriellsworth

Usage:

{{LinkedIn URL | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeriellsworth | Jeri Ellsworth }}

Output:

Jeri Ellsworth on LinkedIn

Named parameters

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URL:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-wales-919a8b

Usage:

{{LinkedIn URL |url= https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-wales-919a8b |name= Jimmy Wales }}

Output:

Jimmy Wales on LinkedIn

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

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Usage:

{{LinkedIn URL}}

Output:

{{LinkedIn URL}} template missing URL and not present in Wikidata.

Template data

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

TemplateData for LinkedIn URL

This template generates an external link to an account at LinkedIn.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
URLurl 1

The "url" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the URL for the LinkedIn profile. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P6634 exists, but required if not. Examples: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeriellsworth or https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmy-wales-919a8b

Default
Wikidata property P6634
Stringrequired
Namename 2

The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without disambiguation.

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional

Tracking categories

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See also

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