Template:Iobdb name

Iobdb name at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

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This template uses Lua:

Template:Iobdb name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{Iobdb name | ID }}

{{Iobdb name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{Iobdb name | id= ID }}

{{Iobdb name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property Internet Off-Broadway Database ID (P4456):

{{Iobdb name}}

{{Iobdb name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

Go to IOBDB.com and search for a person
Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
The page URL should look like
http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/#####

where "#####" indicates a number.
Add to the external links section the text:
* {{Iobdb name|id=#####|name=NAME}}

where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URL:

http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/11244

Usage:

* {{Iobdb name | 11244 | Michelle Hurd }}

Output:

Michelle Hurd at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

Named parameters

URLs:

http://http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/11244

Usage:

* {{Iobdb name | id= 11244 | name= Michelle Hurd }}

Output:

Michelle Hurd at the Internet Off-Broadway Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

{{Iobdb name}}

Output:

{{Iobdb name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Off-Broadway Database (IOBDB), operated by the Lucille Lortel Foundation. It is intended for use in the "External links" section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 11244 is the ID in http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/11244. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4456 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4456	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the person's name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Template:Iobdb name

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Usage

Instructions

Examples

Unnamed parameters

Named parameters

No ID in template or Wikidata

TemplateData

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