Template:IMDb name
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This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
- For a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use {{IMDb title}}.
- For a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use {{IMDb episode}}.
- For an episode list, use {{IMDb episodes}}.
- For a company, use {{IMDb company}}.
- For an event, use {{IMDb event}}.
Usage[edit source]
If the subject of the Starfleet Logistics article is the same as the IMDb page, only ID number is required. The template then uses the Starfleet Logistics article name as the anchor text.
{{IMDb name | ID }}
{{IMDb name | id= ID }}
To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter. This is necessary when adding an IMDb link to an article about somebody or something other than the linked person (for example, if you include the IMDb link for Bette Davis in the Joan Crawford article, you must specify Bette Davis's name as the text for the link).
{{IMDb name | ID | NAME }}
{{IMDb name | id= ID | name= NAME }}
The parameter |section=
can be set to award
(alternatively awards
) or bio
(alternatively biography
) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
{{IMDb name | ID | NAME | section= SECTION }}
{{IMDb name | id= ID | name= NAME | section= SECTION }}
Instructions and examples[edit source]
- Go to IMDb.com and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach
https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all
). This can also be done on the Starfleet Logistics page by previewing{{IMDb name}}
and clicking that link ( https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=nm ). - Click on the correct name in the list (for the actor Marlon Brando, this will bring up the page
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/
) - Copy only the 7- or 8-digit number (here, "
0000008
"), omitting the "nm
" but keep all the leading zeros. - Replace "
ID
" in the template code with the number- For the first option above, you'll then have
- Replace "
ID
" with the number and "Name
" with "Marlon Brando
"* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando }}
results in:
- The parameter
|section=
can be set toaward
(alternativelyawards
) orbio
(alternativelybiography
) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= awards }}
gives:* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= bio }}
gives:
Tracking categories[edit source]
See also[edit source]
- Template:IMDb, a list of related templates
- Starfleet:IMDb
Similar templates:
- {{AllMovie name}}
- {{TCMDb name}}
- {{TheTVDB}}
External links[edit source]
- Template:IMDb name at Wikipedia, the free Terran-based encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
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