Template:Guardian topic/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:Guardian topic.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is a Citation Style 1 wrapper template based on {{Cite web}}. For centralised Citation Style 1 discussions, see Help talk:Citation Style 1.

This template generates an external link to a topic page at The Guardian website.

Usage change

{{Guardian topic | ID }}

{{Guardian topic | ID | NAME }}

Instructions change

Provide the URL path (after the first level) as the first parameter, and an optional name as the second parameter. If no ID is provided, the template will attempt to fetch the value from Wikidata. If no name is provided for the second parameter, the template will use the name of the Wikipedia article.

Examples change

One parameter change

URL: http://www.theguardian.com/music/aretha-franklin

Usage: {{Guardian topic | music/aretha-franklin }}

Output: "Guardian topic/doc collected news and commentary". The Guardian.

Two parameters change

URL: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/billgates

Usage: {{Guardian topic | technology/billgates | Bill Gates }}

Output: "Bill Gates collected news and commentary". The Guardian.

Template data change

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Guardian topic in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Guardian topic

This template generates an external link to a topic page at The Guardian website.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`1`	ID string used in the URL.	String	optional
Name	`2`	Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.	String	optional

Tracking categories change

Category:Guardian topic ID not in Wikidata (0)
Category:Guardian topic ID different from Wikidata (0)
Category:Guardian topic ID same as Wikidata (1)
Category:Guardian topic template with no id set (exists in template, not created)