Template:IBDB name/doc

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Template:IBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

If you need to link a show, use Template:IBDB show or Template:IBDB title instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters: {{IBDB name | ID }}; {{IBDB name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters: {{IBDB name | id= ID }}; {{IBDB name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property Internet Broadway Database person ID (P1220): {{IBDB name}}; {{IBDB name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

Go to IBDB.com and search for a person
Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
The page URL should look like
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/xxxxx-xxxxx-#####

where "xxxxx-xxxxx" indicates the person's name and "#####" indicates a number.
Add to the external links section the text:
* {{IBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}

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

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URLs: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316; https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316; https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316; http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/4316

Usage: * {{IBDB name | 4316 | Arthur Miller }}

Output

Arthur Miller at the Internet Broadway Database

Named parameters

URLs: https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-orbach-55157; https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/55157; https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=55157; http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/55157

Usage: * {{IBDB name | id= 55157 | name= Jerry Orbach }}

Output

Jerry Orbach at the Internet Broadway Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage: * {{IBDB name}}

Output

{{IBDB name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for IBDB name

This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters
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: 4316 is the ID in https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316, or https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1220 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P1220	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

ID parameter does not exist

Usage

Instructions

Examples

Unnamed parameters

Named parameters

No ID in template or Wikidata

TemplateData

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See also