Template:Instagram: Difference between revisions

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The external links guideline recommends avoiding links to Instagram unless the profile is an official account, "controlled by the subject (organization or individual person) of the Wikipedia article" and when the links to Instagram "provide the reader with unique content and are not prominently linked from other official websites". Wikipedia is not a directory for helping Instagram users find pages on Instagram.

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Module:EditAtWikidata
Module:WikidataCheck

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Template:Instagram displays an external link to a page at Instagram, a photo sharing and social media website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters: {{Instagram | username }}; {{Instagram | username | Displayed Name }}

Named parameters: {{Instagram | id= username }}; {{Instagram | id= username | name= Displayed Name }}

Using Wikidata property: {{Instagram}}; {{Instagram | name= Displayed Name }}

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URL: https://www.instagram.com/wikipedia/

Usage: * {{Instagram | wikipedia | Wikipedia }}

Output

Wikipedia on Instagram

Named parameters

URL: https://www.instagram.com/kevin/

Usage: * {{Instagram | id= kevin | name= Kevin Systrom }}

Output

Kevin Systrom on Instagram

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage: * {{Instagram}}

Output

Instagram on InstagramLua 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:Instagram in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Instagram

<templatedata> {

 "description": "This template displays an external link to a page at Instagram, a photo sharing and social media website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.",
 "params": {
   "id": {
     "label": "ID",
     "aliases": ["1"], 
     "description": "The username in the Instagram URL, such as kevin in https://www.instagram.com/kevin/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2003 exists, but required if not.",
     "default": "Wikidata property P2003",
     "example": "kevin",
     "type": "string",
     "required": false
   },
   "name": {
     "label": "Name",
     "aliases": ["2"], 
     "description": "The name displayed as the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.",
     "default": "Instagram",
     "example": "Kevin Systrom",
     "type": "string",
     "required": false
   }
 },
 "paramOrder": [
   "id",
   "name"
 ]

} </templatedata>

Tracking categories

Category:Instagram username different from Wikidata (0) – comparison is case insensitive, so kevin matches Kevin
Category:Instagram username not in Wikidata (0)
Category:Instagram template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)
Category:Pages using Instagram with unknown parameters (0)

Template:Instagram: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 15:02, 9 September 2026

Usage

Examples

Unnamed parameters

Named parameters

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

TemplateData

Tracking categories

See also

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