Template:Ibdb name/doc

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This template generates an external link to a page at the Internet Broadway Database. This template should be used exclusively for PEOPLE.

If you need to link a show, use Template:IBDB title instead.

Usage[change source]

One parameter:

{{Ibdb name | ID }}
{{Ibdb name | id= ID }}

Two parameters:

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

Instructions[change source]

  1. Go to IBDB.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
    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/xxxxx-xxxxx-#####
    where "xxxxx-xxxxx" indicates the person's name and "#####" indicates a number.
  4. Add to the external links section the text:
    * {{IBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}
    where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.

Examples[change source]

Searching for "Jerry Orbach", you'll reach this page:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-orbach-55157

One parameter:

  1. {{Ibdb name | 55157 }}
    Ibdb name/doc at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. {{Ibdb name | id= 55157 }}
    Ibdb name/doc at the Internet Broadway Database

Two parameters:

  1. {{Ibdb name | 55157 | Jerry Orbach }}
    Jerry Orbach at the Internet Broadway Database
  2. {{Ibdb name | id= 55157 | name= Jerry Orbach }}
    Jerry Orbach at the Internet Broadway Database

Template data[change source]

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

TemplateData for Ibdb name

This template generates an external link to a page at the Internet Broadway Database.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

ID number used in the URL.

Numberrequired
Namename 2

Name displayed as the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.

Stringoptional

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See also[change source]