Template:Encyclopedia of Life link/sandbox

"{{{name}}}". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Shortcut

{{EOL}}

This template uses Lua:

Usage

Search on eol.org for the subject you want.
Click on the correct link to go to the subject's page.
The page URL should look like https://www.eol.org/pages/#######, where "#######" indicates a number.
Copy ONLY that number
Add that number to the corresponding Wikidata item, using Encyclopedia of Life ID (P830).
Add to the external links section the text:

* {{EOL}}

Alternatively:

Add to the external links section the text:

* {{EOL|id|label}}

where "id" is the number you've copied, and "label" is the full title of the EOL article, for example: Pogonomyrmex anergismus

Example

Search for Nicrophorus americanus on eol.org. You'll get to this page: https://www.eol.org/pages/1044544
Copy "1044544" and add this number as the first parameter, then copy "Nicrophorus americanus" and add it as the second parameter:

{{EOL|1044544|''Nicrophorus americanus''}}

The result on the page Nicrophorus americanus is:

"Nicrophorus americanus". The Encyclopedia of Life.

Typically this is a list item in the external links section (even if there is only one link), so you should add "*" in front: * {{EOL|1044544|''Nicrophorus americanus''}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Encyclopedia of Life link

Quickly link to resources on EOL.org

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page ID number	`1` `id`	The page number found in the URL https://www.eol.org/pages/<number>/ Default	Number	optional
Page name/title	`2` `name`	The title of the EOL webpage Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

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Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox and testcases pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.