Template:CBSB link
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{{CBSB link}} allows linking to a college baseball team page that may not yet exist. It will display the best available link.
For example, if I want to link to the article about the 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team that may or may not exist, I would make this call:
{{cbsb link|year=2020|team=Alabama Crimson Tide|school=University of Alabama|title=Alabama}}
This would yield: Alabama
Important - whitespace cannot be included or it will be added to the wiki link and it will not function properly.
Use of this template
Due to restrictions on use of #ifexist, it is important to not use this template if it isn't needed. In other words, if the link already exists, just link to it. Category:Excessive uses of cbsb link contains a list of occasions where this template is used and doesn't need to be.
Please do not use this template on disambiguation pages (dab pages) due to requirements for links on dab pages.
Naming conventions
In order for this template to work, articles MUST be named correctly. The baseball naming convention is:
- Season articles: Season SchoolShortName TeamName baseball team, e.g., 2010 LSU Tigers baseball team or 2008 UCLA Bruins baseball team
- Baseball team articles: SchoolShortName TeamName baseball, e.g., Michigan Wolverines baseball, Arkansas Razorbacks baseball
- Athletics department articles: SchoolShortName TeamName, e.g., North Carolina Tar Heels, Virginia Cavaliers
Parameters
| parameter | meaning |
|---|---|
| year (optional) | Supply a year if you want to link to the yearly page, e.g., 2007 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team |
| team | The athletics program article for this school, e.g., Virginia Tech Hokies, Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Miami Hurricanes, etc. |
| school | The main article for this school, e.g., Florida State University, University of Virginia, etc. |
| title (optional) | The display name for this link. Usually, this will be the common name for the school (without "university"), like Duke, Florida State, Virginia Tech, etc. If left blank, the link will be non-piped, i.e., it will display the name of the article linked to. |
Examples
| {{cbsb link|year=2099|team=Virginia Tech Hokies|school=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|title=Virginia Tech}} | Virginia Tech |
| {{cbsb link|year=2006|team=Virginia Tech Hokies|school=Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University|title=Virginia Tech}} | Virginia Tech |
| {{cbsb link|team=Florida State Seminoles|school=Florida State University|title=FSU}} | FSU |
| {{cbsb link|year=2008|team=Utah Utes}} | Utah Utes baseball |
See also
- {{alternative links}}
- {{cfb link}}
- {{cbb link}}