Template talk:Infobox NFL single game

{{NFL single game infobox |name= |image= |caption= |visitor= |visitor abbr= |visitor coach= |visitor record= |home= |home abbr= |home coach= |home record= |visitor qtr1= |visitor qtr2= |visitor qtr3= |visitor qtr4= |visitor qtr5= |visitor qtr6= |visitor total= |home qtr1= |home qtr2= |home qtr3= |home qtr4= |home qtr5= |home qtr6= |home total= |date= |stadium= |city= |referee= |attendance= |odds= |network= |announcers= |}}

removing 'auto link' for coaches

I've removed the [[ ]] around the home coach and visitor coach.

This is because some names need more complex links, for example, [[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]].

In other more complex, more standard templates, the code checks each field to see if the information has been given, and if so displays it; the conventional format is to specify the link (if any) in the template call. For example, instead of;

|home coach=Jimmy Johnson

...providing a link to the incorrect article, it will now be necessary to specify the link, with;

|home coach=[[Jimmy Johnson (American football coach)|Jimmy Johnson]]

Ideally, a similar change would be made on all fields, and 'if' code added to check that the fields exist etc, but I don't have the time to do this right now.

I will manually alter the pages that use this template, adding the linkage for the coaches.

 Chzz  ►  16:40, 26 April 2009 (UTC)