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Template:Guardian topic generates an external link to a topic page at The Guardian website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

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Unnamed parameters
{{Guardian topic | ID }}
{{Guardian topic | ID | NAME }}
Named parameters
{{Guardian topic | id= ID }}
{{Guardian topic | id= ID | name= NAME }}
Using Wikidata property Guardian topic ID (P3106)
{{Guardian topic}}
{{Guardian topic | name= NAME }}

Instructions

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Provide the URL path (after the first level) as the first parameter, and an optional name as the second parameter. If no ID is provided, the template will attempt to fetch the value from Wikidata. If no name is provided for the second parameter, the template will use the name of the Wikipedia article.

Examples

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One parameter

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URL
https://www.theguardian.com/music/aretha-franklin
Usage
* {{Guardian topic | music/aretha-franklin }}
* {{Guardian topic | id= music/aretha-franklin }}
Output

Two parameters

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URL
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/bill-gates
Usage
* {{Guardian topic | us-news/bill-gates | Bill Gates }}
* {{Guardian topic | id= us-news/bill-gates | name= Bill Gates }}
Output

No ID in template or Wikidata

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Usage
* {{Guardian topic}}
Output

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Guardian topic

This template generates an external link to a topic page at The Guardian website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
ID1 id

The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: music/aretha-franklin is the ID in https://www.theguardian.com/music/aretha-franklin. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3106 exists, but required if not.

Default
Wikidata property P3106
Stringoptional
Name2 name

The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the topic name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional

Tracking categories

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ID parameter exists
ID parameter does not exist

See also

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