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Template:TCMDb name displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) maintains its own comprehensive database of motion pictures, actors, actresses, and film crew.
This template is designed for a link to a person; to a link to a film title use {{TCMDb title}} instead.
Usage edit
- Unnamed parameters
{{TCMDb name | ID }}{{TCMDb name | ID | NAME }}
- Named parameters
{{TCMDb name | id= ID }}{{TCMDb name | id= ID | name= NAME }}
- Using Wikidata property
{{TCMDb name}}{{TCMDb name | name= NAME }}
Example edit
New ID (non-numeric) via unnamed parameters edit
- URLs
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%7C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%257C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/
- Usage
* {{TCMDb name | 87065{{!}}10493 | Alfred Hitchcock }}* {{TCMDb name | 87065%7C10493 | Alfred Hitchcock }}* {{TCMDb name | 87065%257C10493 | Alfred Hitchcock }}
- Output
-
- Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
- Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
- Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
- Former URLs
- http://www.tcm.com/legacy/redirect/person.html?participantId=87065 (archive)
- http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065
- http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065
- http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065
- http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065
New ID (non-numeric) via named parameters edit
- URLs
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897|103986/Maggie-Smith/
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897%7C103986/Maggie-Smith/
- https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897%257C103986/Maggie-Smith/
- Usage
* {{TCMDb name | id= 179897{{!}}103986 | name= Maggie Smith }}* {{TCMDb name | id= 179897%7C103986 | name= Maggie Smith }}* {{TCMDb name | id= 179897%257C103986 | name= Maggie Smith }}
- Output
-
- Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
- Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
- Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
- Former URLs
- http://www.tcm.com/legacy/redirect/person.html?participantId=179897
- http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897
- http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897
- http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897
- http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897
Old ID (numeric) in template edit
- Usage
* {{TCMDb name | 87065 | Alfred Hitchcock }}* {{TCMDb name | id= 179897 | name= Maggie Smith }}
- Output
-
- Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database
- Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database
No ID in template or Wikidata edit
- Usage
{{TCMDb name}}
- Output
- {{TCMDb name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
TemplateData edit
TemplateData for TCMDb name
This template displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id 1 | The ID portion of the URL, such as 87065|10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/, 87065%7C10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%7C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/, and 87065%257C10493 in https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065%257C10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3056 exists, but required if not.
| String | optional |
| Name | name 2 | The name of the person, which is displayed as the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(actor)" or "(director)".
| String | optional |
Tracking categories edit
ID in template
- Category:TCMDb name template using non-numeric ID (310) – current ID and URL
- Category:TCMDb name template using numeric ID (984) – should be empty
ID in Wikidata
- Category:TCMDb name template using non-numeric ID from Wikidata (241) – current ID and URL
- Category:TCMDb name template using numeric ID from Wikidata (688) – should be empty
See also edit
Other TCMDb templates
- {{TCMDb title}}
Other file person templates
- {{IMDb name}}
- {{AllMovie name}}