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.

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

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  1. Go to IOBDB.com and search for a person
  2. Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
  3. The page URL should look like
    http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/#####
    where "#####" indicates a number.
  4. 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

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Unnamed parameters

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URL:

http://iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/11244

Usage:

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

Output:

Named parameters

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URLs:

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

Usage:

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

Output:

No ID in template or Wikidata

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Usage:

{{Iobdb name}}

Output:

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

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Iobdb name

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

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 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
Numberoptional
Namename 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}}
Stringoptional

Tracking categories

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See also

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