Template:LinkedIn user/doc

See also: Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites

Template:LinkedIn user displays an external link to a page at LinkedIn, a business-focused social networking website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{LinkedIn user | user name or number }}

{{LinkedIn user | user name or number | Displayed Name }}

Named parameters

{{LinkedIn user | id= user name or number }}

{{LinkedIn user | id= user name or number | name= Displayed Name }}

Using Wikidata property LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634)

{{LinkedIn user}}

{{LinkedIn user | name= Displayed Name }}

Examples

Using Wikidata

Generally, Wikidata should contain article subjects' LinkedIn IDs in property LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634), allowing the ID parameter to be omitted:

* {{LinkedIn user}}

* {{LinkedIn user |name=NAME }}

If the Wikidata property is not defined, the output is:

Instances of this error are tracked in Category:LinkedIn template missing ID and not in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for LinkedIn user

Generate a link to a LinkedIn profile in a standard format.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Account ID	id 1	ID of the LinkedIn account (part of the web page address, for www.Linkedin.com/in/example/ the account id is "example"). This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P6634 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2013	Line	optional
Display name	name 2	Display name for the LinkedIn account Default Name of the page	Line	optional

See also

• LinkedIn