Template:IBDB name
{{{name}}} at the Internet Broadway Database
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Template:IBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
If you need to link a show, use Template:IBDB show or Template:IBDB title instead.
Usage
- Unnamed parameters
{{IBDB name | ID }}{{IBDB name | ID | NAME }}
- Named parameters
{{IBDB name | id= ID }}{{IBDB name | id= ID | name= NAME }}
- Using Wikidata property Internet Broadway Database person ID (P1220)
{{IBDB name}}{{IBDB name | name= NAME }}
Instructions
- Go to IBDB.com and search for a person
- Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
- The page URL should look like
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/xxxxx-xxxxx-#####- where "xxxxx-xxxxx" indicates the person's name and "#####" indicates a number.
- Add to the external links section the text:
* {{IBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}- where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.
Examples
Unnamed parameters
- URLs
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316
- https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316
- http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/4316
- Usage
* {{IBDB name | 4316 | Arthur Miller }}
- Output
Named parameters
- URLs
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-orbach-55157
- https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/55157
- https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=55157
- http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/55157
- Usage
* {{IBDB name | id= 55157 | name= Jerry Orbach }}
- Output
No ID in template or Wikidata
- Usage
* {{IBDB name}}
- Output
-
- {{IBDB name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
TemplateData
TemplateData for IBDB name
This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | id 1 | The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 4316 is the ID in https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316, or https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1220 exists, but required if not.
| Number | optional |
| Name | name 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.
| String | optional |
Tracking categories
- ID parameter exists
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID not in Wikidata (227)
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID different from Wikidata (149)
- Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata (3,454)
- ID parameter does not exist
- Category:IBDB name template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:IBDB name template using Wikidata (5,675)
See also
- {{IBDB title}}
- {{IBDB show}} for shows with multiple productions
- {{IBDB venue}} for named theatres