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

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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 www.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://www.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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URLs
http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465
http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/2465 (archive)
Usage
* {{IOBDB name | 2465 | Sarah Jones }}
Output

Named parameters

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URLs
http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/27422
http://www.lortel.org/Archives/CreditableEntity/27422 (archive)
Usage
* {{IOBDB name | id= 27422 | name= Michael Chernus }}
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: 2465 is the ID in http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/2465. 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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ID parameter exists
ID parameter does not exist

See also

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