Template:IOBDB name/sandbox

IOBDB name/sandbox at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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Template:IOBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{IOBDB name | ID }}

{{IOBDB name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters

{{IOBDB name | id= ID }}

{{IOBDB name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property Internet Off-Broadway Database ID (P4456)

{{IOBDB name}}

{{IOBDB name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

1. Go to www.IOBDB.com and search for a person
2. Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
3. The page URL should look like

   http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/#####

   where "#####" indicates a number.

4. Add to the external links section the text:

   * {{IOBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}

   where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URLs

http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465

http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/2465 (archive)

Usage

* {{IOBDB name | 2465 | Sarah Jones }}

Output

• Sarah Jones at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Named parameters

URLs

http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/27422

http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/27422 (archive)

Usage

* {{IOBDB name | id= 27422 | name= Michael Chernus }}

Output

• Michael Chernus at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage

* {{IOBDB name}}

Output

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for IOBDB name

This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id 1	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 2465 is the ID in http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4456 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4456	Number	optional
Name	name 2	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the person's name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

ID parameter exists

• Category:Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID not in Wikidata (83)
• Category:Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID different from Wikidata (1)
• Category:Internet Off-Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata (1,643)

ID parameter does not exist

• Category:IOBDB name template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)

See also

• {{IOBDB venue}}
• {{IOBDB title}}
• {{IOBDB show}}

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