Template:TheTVDB

{{{title}}} at TheTVDB

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Template:TheTVDB displays an external link to a television series page at TheTVDB. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{TheTVDB | ID }}

{{TheTVDB | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters:

{{TheTVDB | id= ID }}

{{TheTVDB | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

Using Wikidata property TheTVDB series ID (P4835):

{{TheTVDB}}

{{TheTVDB | title= TITLE }}

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URL:

https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=83708

Usage:

* {{TheTVDB | 83708 | Survivors }}

Output:

• Survivors at TheTVDB

Named parameters

URL:

https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=79488

Usage:

* {{TheTVDB | id= 79488 | title= 30 Rock }}

Output:

• 30 Rock at TheTVDB

ID in Wikidata

Usage in the article El Capo:

* {{TheTVDB}}

* {{TheTVDB | title= El Capo }}

Output:

• El Capo at TheTVDB

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

{{TheTVDB}}

Output:

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This template displays an external link to a television series page at TheTVDB. 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: 83708 is the ID portion of https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=83708. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4835 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4835	Number	optional
Title	title 2	The "title" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the television series title, which is displayed in italic type in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

See also

• {{IMDb title}}
• {{Screenonline TV title}} - which focuses on British television series

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