Template:JudgeLinks
This template allows linking to external links found on most biographies of United States judges and justices. This will aid in the maintenance and standardization of these external links.
How to use change
- This template should not be substituted.
Format change
- All parameters, vertical format
{{JudgeLinks
| scotus =
| fjc =
| llc =
| oyez =
| c-span =
| rose =
| imdb =
| opensecrets =
| nyt =
| worldcat =
| nndb =
| findagrave =
| retrieved =
}}
- All parameters, horizontal format
{{JudgeLinks |scotus= |fjc= |llc= |oyez= |c-span= |rose= |imdb= |opensecrets= |nyt= |worldcat= |nndb= |findagrave = |retrieved= }}
The order of the fields does not matter.
Fields change
- All parameters are optional, but if you don't include any of them, nothing will show up.
- Do not use capital letters. They might disrupt the code.
| Field | Data | Result | URL source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scotus | yes or no | Biographies | If set to yes (appropriate only for sitting U.S. Supreme Court Justices), will add a link to http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx (the Supreme Court web page with biographies of sitting justices) |
| fjc | FJC id | Profile | http://www.fjc.gov /servlet/nGetInfo?jid=[fjc] |
| llc | LLC name | Legal resources | https://www.loc.gov /law/find/[llc] |
| oyez | Oyez name | Profile | http://www.oyez.org /justices/[oyez] |
| c-span | C-SPAN index | Appearances | http://www.c-spanvideo.org /[c-span] |
| rose | view id | Appearances | http://www.charlierose.com /guest/view/[rose] |
| imdb | IMDb index | Appearances | https://www.imdb.com /name/[imdb] |
| opensecrets | OS id | Financial information | http://www.opensecrets.org /politicians/summary.php?CID=[opensecrets] |
| nyt | path name | Collected news and commentary | http://topics.nytimes.com/ top/reference/timestopics/people/[nyt] |
| worldcat | id | Works by or about | http://worldcat.org /identities/[worldcat] |
| nndb | NNDB index | Profile | http://www.nndb.org /people/[nndb] |
| findagrave | FindAGrave index | Burial info. Leave blank if still alive | http://www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=[findagrave] |
| retrieved | date (mmmm-d-yyyy) | date these links were last retrieved | no url |
Example change
For John Roberts:
{{JudgeLinks
|scotus=yes
|fjc=3001
|llc=roberts.php
|oyez=john_g_roberts_jr
|c-span=johngroberts
|rose=
|imdb=nm1982343
|opensecrets=N99999922
|nyt=r/john_g_jr_roberts
|worldcat=lccn-no99-20426
|nndb=746/000099449
|findagrave= }}
will display as:
- Supreme Court official site with biographies
- Profile at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center
- Legal resources at the Law Library of Congress
- Profile at the Oyez Project
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Profile at the Internet Movie Database
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Works by or about JudgeLinks in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Profile at Notable Names Database