Template:ESPN NFL displays an external link to a National Football League (NFL) player's profile at ESPN.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage edit

Unnamed parameters
{{ESPN NFL | ID }}
{{ESPN NFL | ID | NAME }}
Named parameters
{{ESPN NFL | id= ID }}
{{ESPN NFL | id= ID | name= NAME }}
Using Wikidata property
{{ESPN NFL}}
{{ESPN NFL | name= NAME }}

Examples edit

Unnamed parameters edit

Usage
* {{ESPN NFL | 10536/trent-edwards | Trent Edwards }}
* {{ESPN NFL | 10536 | Trent Edwards }}
Output
Current URLs
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10536/trent-edwards
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10536
Former URLs
http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10536/trent-edwards
http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/10536

Named parameters edit

Usage
* {{ESPN NFL | id= 15994/theo-riddick | name= Theo Riddick }}
* {{ESPN NFL | id= 15994 | name= Theo Riddick }}
Output
Current URLs
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994/theo-riddick
https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994
Former URLs
http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994/theo-riddick
http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined edit

Usage
* {{ESPN NFL}}
Output
  • {{ESPN NFL}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData edit

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TemplateData for ESPN NFL

This template displays an external link to a National Football League (NFL) player's profile at ESPN.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

The ID portion of the URL, such as 15994/theo-riddick in https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994/theo-riddick or 15994 in https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/15994. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3686 exists, but required if not.

Default
Wikidata property P3686
Stringoptional
Namename 2

The link text, which should be the name of the player. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(football player)".

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional

See also edit

Other NFL external link templates
Other ESPN external link templates

External link edit