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{{Underused external link template|https://www.npg.org.uk/}}
{{Tracks and uses Wikidata|P1816}}
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This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] (NPG) in London, England.

It allows a link from biographical articles to the NPG's list of portraits of that person.

== Usage ==
; One parameter
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> }}</code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= <var>ID</var> }}</code>

; Two parameters
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> | <var>NAME</var> }}</code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= <var>ID</var> | name= <var>NAME</var> }}</code>

; Using Wikidata
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}</code>
: <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}} | name= <var>NAME</var> }}</code>

== Instructions ==
# Go to {{URL|npg.org.uk}} and search for the person you want
# Click on the correct link to go to the details of a picture of the person you want. Be sure you are getting the right person
# Below the picture and its details, the sitter and the artist should both be listed.
# Click on the link for the sitter
# The page [[URL]] should look like:
#: <code><nowiki>https://</nowiki>www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp{{Highlight|#####}}</code>
#: where "#####" indicates a number.
# Copy ONLY that number (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
# Add to the external links section the text:
#: <code><nowiki>{{NPG name|id=#####|name=Name}}</nowiki></code>
#: where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name

== Examples ==
# Searching for "Harold Wilson", you will reach this page:
#: <code>https://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portList.asp?search=sp&sText=Harold+Wilson</code>
# Click on the link for the first picture
# Below the thumbnail picture, you will see the hyperlinked text:
#: ''Sitter: (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916–1995), Prime Minister.''
# Click on the link
# The page URL should look like:
#: <code>[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp04868 https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp{{Highlight|04868}}]</code>
# Copy "04868" (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
# Add to the external links section the text:
#: <code><nowiki>{{NPG name|id=04868|name=Harold Wilson}}</nowiki></code>

Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item.

=== One parameter ===
; Usage
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} 04868 {{))}}</code>
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} id= 04868 {{))}}</code>

; Output
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 04868 }}
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= 04868 }}

=== Two parameters ===
; Usage
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} 04868 {{!}} Harold Wilson {{))}}</code>
: <code>{{((}}{{BASEPAGENAME}} {{!}} id= 04868 {{!}} name= Harold Wilson {{))}}</code>

; Output
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 04868 | Harold Wilson }}
: {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id= 04868 | name= Harold Wilson }}

=== No parameters and Wikidata property not defined ===
; Usage
: <code><nowiki>* {{</nowiki>{{BASEPAGENAME}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

; Output
* {{ {{BASEPAGENAME}} }}

== Template data ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London, England.",
"params": {
"1": {
"label": "ID",
"aliases": [ "id" ],
"description": "The ID number in the URL, including any leading zeros, such as 04868 in https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp04868. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1816 exists, but required if not.",
"default": "Wikidata property P1816",
"type": "number",
"required": false
},
"2": {
"label": "Name",
"aliases": [ "name" ],
"description": "Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.",
"default": "{{PAGENAMEBASE}}",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}
}
</templatedata>

==Tracking categories==
* {{clc|National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID not in Wikidata}}
* {{clc|National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID different from Wikidata}}
* {{clc|National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID same as Wikidata}}
* {{clc|NPG name template with no id set}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:British people and person external link templates]]
[[Category:External link templates using Wikidata]]
[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
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