Deleatur yhe: 1 revision imported

2026-09-09T04:38:17Z

1 revision imported

← Older revision	Revision as of 04:38, 9 September 2026
(No difference)

wikipedia>DrKay: /* Instructions and examples */

2026-05-10T08:59:20Z

Instructions and examples

New page

{{Documentation subpage}}
{{For-multi|a work|Template:IMDb title|a specific episode|Template:IMDb episode|an episode list|Template:IMDb episodes|an event|Template:IMDb event}}
{{High-use}}
{{Uses Wikidata|P345}}
{{Lua|Module:EditAtWikidata}}

This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]. It is intended for use in the [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]] section of an article.

==Usage==
If the subject of the Wikipedia article is the same as the IMDb page, only ID number is required. The template then uses the Wikipedia article name as the [[anchor text]].
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |<var>ID</var>}}
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |id{{=}}<var>ID</var>}}

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).
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |<var>ID</var> |<var>NAME</var>}}
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |id{{=}}<var>ID</var> |name{{=}}<var>NAME</var>}}

The parameter {{Para|section}} can be set to <code>award</code> (alternatively <code>awards</code>) or <code>bio</code> (alternatively <code>biography</code>) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |<var>ID</var> |<var>NAME</var> |section{{=}}<var>SECTION</var>}}
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |id{{=}}<var>ID</var> |name{{=}}<var>NAME</var> |section{{=}}<var>SECTION</var>}}

The ID number may be omitted if the article's [[Wikidata]] item includes property {{Wikidata property link|345}}.
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |name{{=}}<var>NAME</var>}}
* {{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}} |name{{=}}<var>NAME</var> |section{{=}}<var>SECTION</var>}}

==Instructions and examples==
{{See also|Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#IMDb (Internet Movie Database)}}

# Go to [https://www.imdb.com/ IMDb.com] and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach <code>https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all</code>). This can also be done on the Wikipedia page by previewing <code><nowiki>{{IMDb name}}</nowiki></code> 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 <code>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/</code>)
# Copy {{em|only}} the 7- or 8-digit number (here, "<code>0000008</code>"), omitting the "<code>nm</code>" but keep all the leading zeros.
# Replace "<code>ID</code>" in the template code with the number
## For the first option above, you'll then have
##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name |0000008}}</nowiki></code> resulting in:
##:* {{IMDb name |0000008}}
##: Note that the link text is the same as the name of the Wikipedia page the template is used on; outside the page "Marlon Brando", use the second option:
## Replace "<code>ID</code>" with the number ''and'' "<code>Name</code>" with "<code>Marlon Brando</code>"
##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando}}</nowiki></code> results in:
##:* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando}}
## The parameter {{Para|section}} can be set to <code>award</code> (alternatively <code>awards</code>) or <code>bio</code> (alternatively <code>biography</code>) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando |section=awards}}</nowiki></code> gives:
##:* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando |section=awards}}
##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando |section=bio}}</nowiki></code> gives:
##:* {{IMDb name |0000008 |Marlon Brando |section=bio}}

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database.",
"params": {
"id": {
"label": "ID",
"aliases": [ "1" ],
"description": "The IMDb ID for the target page. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P345 contains an ID starting with nm, but required if not.",
"type": "number",
"required": false,
"default": "Wikidata property P345 or IMDb search URL"
},
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"aliases": ["2"],
"description": "Name to be displayed as link text. Defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as (actor).",
"type": "string",
"required": false,
"default": "{{PAGENAMEBASE}}"
},
"section": {
"label": "Section",
"description": "IMDb article section. Set to \"award\" or \"awards\" to link to the awards section. Set to \"bio\" or \"biography\" to link to the biography section.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}
}
</templatedata>

==Tracking categories==
<section begin=Tracking/>
* {{clc|IMDb name with no id set}}
* {{clc|IMDb template with invalid id set}}
* {{clc|Pages using IMDb name with unknown parameters}}<section end=Tracking/>

==See also==
* [[:Template:IMDb]], (its documentation lists related templates)
* [[Wikipedia:IMDb]], notes on reliability

===Similar person templates===
* {{Tl|TCMDb name}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:External link templates using Wikidata]]
[[Category:Film external link templates]]
[[Category:IMDb templates]]
[[Category:People and person external link templates]]
[[Category:Television external link templates]]
[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
[[Category:Templates using data from Wikidata]]
}}</includeonly>

Template:IMDb name/doc - Revision history

Deleatur yhe: 1 revision imported

wikipedia>DrKay: /* Instructions and examples */