Template:TV Guide person/doc

Template:TV Guide person displays an external link to a page for a person at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{TV Guide person | ID }}

{{TV Guide person | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{TV Guide person | id= ID }}

{{TV Guide person | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property TV Guide person ID (former scheme) (P3845):

{{TV Guide person}}

{{TV Guide person | name= NAME }}

Instructions

1. Go to TVGuide.com and search for the person you want.
2. Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the right person.
3. The page URL should look like:

   https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/first-last/#######/

   and "#######" indicates a number.

4. Add this text to the External links section:

   {{TV Guide person | ####### | Name }}

   where ####### is the number you've copied

   and Name is the person's name (default is article name).

Examples

Current ID number (10 digits)

Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 | Pauley Perrette }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 | name= Pauley Perrette }}

Output:

• Pauley Perrette at TV Guide

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/3030173187/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pauley-perrette/3030173187/

Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)

Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text:

* {{TV Guide person | 190740 }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text:

* {{TV Guide person | 190740 | Pauley Perrette }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 | name= Pauley Perrette }}

Output:

• Pauley Perrette at TV Guide

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/190740/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pauley-perrette/190740/

ID in Wikidata

Usage in the article Vanessa Williams:

* {{TV Guide person}}

* {{TV Guide person | name= Vanessa Williams }}

Output:

• Vanessa Williams at TV Guide

URL in template:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/288378/

Full URL:

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/vanessa-williams/288378/

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

* {{TV Guide person}}

Output:

See also

• {{TV Guide show}} which uses Wikidata property TV Guide show ID (former scheme) (P3804)
• {{TV Guide movie}}
• Selected filmography … examples of other templates