Template:S2a3 name/doc

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The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (s2a3) has a biographical database of southern African scientists on its website. This template generates an external link to a specific scientist on that database.

Usage edit

No parameters (uses Wikidata):

{{S2a3 name}}

One parameter:

{{S2a3 name|ID}}

{{S2a3 name|id=ID}}

Two parameters:

{{S2a3 name|ID|NAME}}

{{S2a3 name|id=ID|name=NAME}}

Instructions edit

Go to www.s2a3.org.za/bio/List_names.php and search for the person you want
Copy the number (Serial) to the left of the person's name
Add to the external links section the text:
{{S2a3 name|id=#####|name=Name}}

where ##### is the number you've copied, and Name is the person's name

One parameter edit

If only the id parameter is used the name parameter defaults to the name of the page on which the template is placed. Usage:

{{S2a3 name|2497}}

{{S2a3 name|id=2497}}

Output:

Biography of S2a3 name/doc at the S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science

Two parameters edit

Usage:

{{S2a3 name|2497|Selmar Schonland}}

{{S2a3 name|id=2497|name=Selmar Schonland}}

Output:

Biography of Selmar Schonland at the S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science

TemplateData edit

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:S2a3 name in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for S2a3 name

This template generates an external link to the biographical database of southern African scientists at the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (s2a3).

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	ID number used in the URL, including any leading zeros.	Number	required
Name	`name` `2`	Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.	String	optional

Tracking categories edit

Category:S2A3 Biographical Database ID not in Wikidata (12)
Category:S2A3 Biographical Database ID different from Wikidata (5)
Category:S2A3 Biographical Database ID same as Wikidata (75)
Category:S2a3 name template with no id set (exists in template, not created)