Template talk:SFA player

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Values from instances of this template have been copied to Wikidata, and transclusions in external links sections have had the migrated values removed. No changes to visible article text were made. If the template has a name parameter, that may also have been removed, making use of {{PAGENAMEBASE}} instead. (26 September 2016)

Documentation

Extended content

This is a template to generate links to Soccerbase.

Instructions

Go to the Scottish Football Association National Team Archive and search for the person you want
Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the right person
The page URL should look like http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=#####&CFID=#######&CFTOKEN=########, where "#####" indicates a number.
Copy ONLY the number immediately after "playerid="
Add to the external links section the text:

where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name (name is only necessary if the name of the article is different from the name which should be displayed, for example if the article name contains "(footballer)")

Example

Searching for "George Young", you'll reach this page: http://www.scottishfa.co.uk/player_details.cfm?playerid=113405&CFID=1915154&CFTOKEN=55620053
Copy "113405" and then write: {{SFA Profile|id=113405|name=George Young}}

The result is George Young at the Scottish Football Association

Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item. WATP ^(talk) • _(contribs) 21:30, 5 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]