Template:IMDb name/sandbox

IMDb name/sandbox at the Internet Movie Database

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See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This template is used to generate a link to another website to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database. It should only be used in the "other websites" section of an article.

For a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use {{IMDb title}}.

For a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use {{IMDb episode}}.

For an episode list, use {{IMDb episodes}}.

For a company, use {{IMDb company}}.

For a character, use {{IMDb character}}.

For an award, use {{IMDb award}}.

Usage

The required parameter is the ID number. The template then uses the article title as the anchor text:

* {{IMDb name | ID }}
* {{IMDb name | id= ID }}

To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter:

* {{IMDb name | ID | Name }}
* {{IMDb name | id= ID | name= Name }}

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).

The parameter |section= can be set to award (alternatively awards) or bio (alternatively biography) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.

{{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= awards }} gives:

Awards for Marlon Brando on IMDb

{{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= bio }} gives:

Biography for Marlon Brando on IMDb

Detailed instructions

Copy and paste one of the options above into the article
Go to IMDb.com and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all)
Click on the correct Marlon Brando in the list; this will bring up the page:
1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/
Copy only the 7-digit number (here, "0000008"), omitting the "nm" but keep all the leading zeros (although IMDb seems to add missing leading zeroes in desktop mode [www.imdb.com], but in mobile mode [m.imdb.com] all 7 digits are needed or an error page is served)
Replace "ID" in the template code with the number
1. For the first option above, you'll then have
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 }} resulting in:
  - IMDb name/sandbox on IMDb
  Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page "Marlon Brando", use the second option:
2. Replace "ID" with the number and "Name" with "Marlon Brando"
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando }} results in:
  - Marlon Brando on IMDb

TemplateData

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TemplateData for IMDb name

This template is used to generate a link to another website to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The IMDb ID for the target page.	Number	required
Name	`name` `2`	Name that you want to have displayed. Defaults to article title.	String	optional
Section	`section`	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.	String	optional

Tracking category

Category:IMDb template with no id set (4), a hidden tracking category used by this template