The Dictionary of Scottish Architects has a biographical database of Scottish architects on its website. This template generates an external link to a specific architect on that database.

Usage

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One parameter:

{{Scottish Architects name | ID }}
{{Scottish Architects name | id= ID }}

Two parameters:

{{Scottish Architects name | ID | NAME }}
{{Scottish Architects name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Instructions

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  1. Go to www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/architect_list.php and search for the person you want
  2. Copy the number (id) to the left of the person's name
  3. Add to the external links section the text:
    {{Scottish Architects name|id=#####|name=Name}}
    where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name

One parameter

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

{{Scottish Architects name | 202023}}
{{Scottish Architects name | id= 202023}}

Output:

Basic biographical details of Scottish Architects name/doc at the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biographical Database.
Basic biographical details of Scottish Architects name/doc at the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biographical Database.

Two parameters

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Usage:

{{Scottish Architects name | 202023| Decimus Burton }}
{{Scottish Architects name | id= 202023| name= Decimus Burton }}

Output:

Basic biographical details of Decimus Burton at the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biographical Database.
Basic biographical details of Decimus Burton at the Dictionary of Scottish Architects Biographical Database.

Template data

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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

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
ID1 id

ID number used in the URL, including any leading zeros.

Numberrequired
Name2 name

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

Stringoptional