Template:IBDB name
{{{name}}} at the Internet Broadway Database
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Template:IBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by 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
{{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
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
No ID in template or Wikidata
- Usage
* {{IBDB name}}
- Output
-
- IBDB name at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
TemplateData
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:IBDB name in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for IBDB name
<templatedata> {
"description": "This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.",
"params": {
"id": {
"label": "ID",
"aliases" : [ "1" ],
"description": "The ID number in the URL, such as 4316 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",
"type": "number",
"required": false
},
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"aliases" : [ "2" ],
"description": "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": "IBDB name",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}, "paramOrder": [ "id", "name" ] } </templatedata>
Tracking categories
- template with ID
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID different from Wikidata (0)
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata (0)
- template missing ID
- Category:IBDB name template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:IBDB name template using Wikidata (4)
See also
- {{IBDB title}}
- {{IBDB show}} for shows with multiple productions
- {{IBDB venue}} for named theatres