Wikipedia:IMDb link templates
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For links to the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), there are the following templates:
Template | Example code | Example rendered |
---|---|---|
Template:IMDb title (links, talk) | {{IMDb title|0094721|Beetlejuice}} |
Beetle Juice at IMDb |
Template:IMDb name (links, talk) | {{IMDb name|0000197|Jack Nicholson}} |
Jack Nicholson at IMDb |
{{IMDb name|0000197|Jack Nicholson|section=bio}} |
Biography for Jack Nicholson at IMDb | |
Template:IMDb episode (links, talk) | {{IMDb episode|0539826|One for the Road}} |
"One for the Road" at IMDb |
Template:IMDb episodes (links, talk) | {{IMDb episodes|0411008|Lost}} |
Lost at IMDb |
Template:IMDb event (links, talk) | {{IMDb event|0000453|MTV Movie Awards}} |
MTV Movie Awards at IMDb |
Template:IMDb country year (links, talk) | {{IMDb country year|gb|2022}} |
Films of 2022 at IMDb |
Further instructions about the use of these templates can be found on their respective document pages. They are intended for use in the external links section of articles.
Interwiki links
[edit]The following interwiki links allow links as well:
- [[IMDbName:Name id]]
- e.g. IMDbName:0000197 (Jack Nicholson)
- [[IMDbTitle:Title id]]
- e.g. IMDbTitle:0094721 (Beetle Juice)
- [[IMDbCompany:Company id]]
- e.g. IMDbCompany:0005073 (Universal Pictures)
This type of link should not be used in articles, for reasons explained at WT:WikiProject Film/Archive 79#Masking imdb links as wikilinks. It may be appropriate on Talk Pages as a simple way to link to relevant material.
See meta:Interwiki map.
IMDb external link icon
[edit]If you have a browser that shows the external link icon () then you can set any IMDb links to show its own icon ()
See also m:Help:User style for more info on CSS selectors.
Edit either your common.css or your skin-specific css and add:
#bodyContent a.extiw[href ^="http://www.imdb.com/"],
#bodyContent a.external[href *="imdb.com/"],
#bodyContent a.external[href *="imdb.co.uk/"] {
background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/IMDb_external.png) center right no-repeat;
padding-right: 13px;
}
Once you save the page, you may need to hold Shift and click Reload.
If you do not want interwiki links to show the icon, eliminate the a.extiw
entry
Please see help on m:Help:User style
Testing
[edit]Do you see it here on this plain link?
or on this interwiki link?
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:Citing IMDb
- WP:RS/IMDB, WikiProject Film's IMDb guidance