Template:Professional wrestling profiles/doc
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Usage[edit]
This template maintains all of the external links to reliable databases which cover professional wrestling.
Parameters[edit]
This template links to wrestler profiles at cagematch.net, wrestlingdata.com and the Internet Wrestling Database. It uses the identifiers passes as arguments, and if absent, will extract the values from Wikidata.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cagematch identifier | cagematch | Profile identifier at Cagematch.net. If blank, the value is extracted from Wikidata.
| Number | optional |
| Wrestlingdata identifier | wrestlingdata | Profile identifier at Wrestlingdata.com. If blank, the value is extracted from Wikidata.
| Number | optional |
| Internet Wrestling Database identifier | iwd | Profile identifier at the Internet Wrestling Database. If blank, the value is extracted from Wikidata.
| String | optional |
| Name | name | The name of the person, team or stable. This defaults to the page name, excluding brackets. | String | optional |
| Type | type | The type of profile—"person", "team" or "stable"—for URL formatting. This defaults to "person". | String | optional |
Example[edit]
URL structures:
- http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=691
- http://wrestlingdata.com/index.php?befehl=bios&wrestler=336
- http://www.profightdb.com/wrestlers/john-cena-350.html
Usage: {{Professional wrestling profiles|cagematch=691|wrestlingdata=336|iwd=john-cena-350|name=John Cena|type=person}}
Output: John Cena's profile at Cagematch.net, Wrestlingdata.com, Internet Wrestling Database
Tracking category[edit]
Category:Professional wrestling profiles template without any identifiers (34) is a category added to articles that use the template, but do not include any identifiers, and there aren't any on Wikidata either. This means either the template shouldn't be used, or the identifiers should be added to Wikidata, as appropriate.