Template:Cricinfo/doc

Template:Cricinfo displays an external link to an ESPNcricinfo web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

For players, the "id" value should be added to the ESPNcricinfo.com player ID (P2697) property in Wikidata. Then, if the "id" or "ref" parameters are not specified, the template will retrieve the id from Wikidata. Discrepancies between a specified "id" parameter and the Wikidata property are reported at Category:Cricinfo maintenance.

Usage

Cricketer page using ID from Wikidata

{{Cricinfo}}

{{Cricinfo | name= NAME }}

{{Cricinfo | name= NAME | access-date= DATE }}

Cricketer page using "id" parameter

{{Cricinfo | id= ID }}

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

{{Cricinfo | id= ID | name= NAME | access-date= DATE }}

Other pages using "ref" parameter

{{Cricinfo | ref= REF }}

{{Cricinfo | ref= REF | name= NAME }}

{{Cricinfo | ref= REF | name= NAME | access-date= DATE }}

Examples

Cricketer page using ID from Wikidata

The Wikidata examples are simulated; they only work as shown if used in the article for Sachin Tendulkar.

Usage

* {{Cricinfo}}

• Sachin Tendulkar at ESPNcricinfo

Usage with access-date parameter

{{Cricinfo | access-date= 25 February 2017 }}

"Sachin Tendulkar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

Cricketer page using "id" parameter

URL

https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html

https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sachin-tendulkar-35320

Usage

* {{Cricinfo | id= 35320 | name= Sachin Tendulkar }}

• Sachin Tendulkar at ESPNcricinfo

Usage with access-date parameter

{{Cricinfo | id= 35320 | name= Sachin Tendulkar | access-date= 25 February 2017 }}

"Sachin Tendulkar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

Other pages using "ref" parameter

URL

https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/59011.html

Usage

* {{Cricinfo | ref= pakistan/content/ground/59011 | name= Zafar Ali Stadium }}

• Zafar Ali Stadium at ESPNcricinfo

Usage with ".html" in ref parameter

* {{Cricinfo | ref= pakistan/content/ground/59011.html | name= Zafar Ali Stadium }}

• Zafar Ali Stadium at ESPNcricinfo

Usage with access-date parameter

{{Cricinfo | ref= pakistan/content/ground/59011 | name= Zafar Ali Stadium | access-date= 25 February 2017 }}

"Zafar Ali Stadium". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017.

Missing "id" or "ref" parameters and no ID in Wikidata

Usage

{{Cricinfo}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Cricinfo

This template displays an external link to an ESPNcricinfo web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. If "id" and "ref" parameters are omitted, the value stored in Wikidata is used. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
id	id	The ID number in the URL for the player's profile, such as 35320 in https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/35320.html or https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sachin-tendulkar-35320. It is required when not using the "ref" parameter or the Wikidata property. Default Wikidata property P2697 Example |id=35320	Number	optional
ref	ref	Only used when the player "id" is not specified. If used, it should contain the portion of the URL between "https://www.espncricinfo.com/" and ".html" such as pakistan/content/ground/59011 in https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/59011.html. It is required when not using the "id" parameter or the Wikidata property. Example |ref=pakistan/content/ground/59011	String	optional
name	name	The link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(cricketer)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example |name=Sachin Tendulkar	String	optional
access-date	access-date	Optional parameter which may be used to document the date when the link was accessed or retrieved. It also changes the output to a citation format, such as "Name". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2017. Example |access-date=25 February 2017	Date	optional
check-wikidata	check-wikidata	Include "check-wikidata=no" to prevent the template comparing the provided id or ref value against the value from wikidata. Use mainly when this template is used on list, place or other people's articles. Example |check-wikidata=no	String	optional

Tracking category

• Category:Cricinfo maintenance (88) – handles multiple maintenance issues using category sort keys:
  • 1: pages using template with unnamed parameter 1
  • 2: pages using template with unnamed parameter 2
  • Diff: pages using template with "id" number different than number in Wikidata property
  • MissingID: pages using template with "id" or "ref" missing and Wikidata property does not exist

See also

Other cricket external link templates

• {{Cricketarchive}}, which uses a similar format
• {{Yahoo! Cricket}}, which uses a similar format

Other ESPN external link templates

• {{ESPN FC}}
• {{ESPN MMA}}
• {{ESPN NFL}}
• {{ESPNscrum}}