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Template:IBDB venue/doc

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Template:IBDB venue displays an external link to a venue (theatre) web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage[edit]

Unnamed parameters
{{IBDB venue | ID }}
{{IBDB venue | ID | VENUE }}
Named parameters
{{IBDB venue | id= ID }}
{{IBDB venue | id= ID | name= VENUE }}
{{IBDB venue | id= ID | venue= VENUE }}
Using Wikidata property P1217
{{IBDB venue}}
{{IBDB venue | name= VENUE }}
{{IBDB venue | venue= VENUE }}

Instructions[edit]

  1. Go to IBDB.com and search for a venue (theatre) name
  2. Click on the correct link to go to the venue (theatre) page
  3. The page URL should look like
    http://ibdb.com/theatre/name-of-theatre-#####
    where "#####" indicates a number.

Examples[edit]

Unnamed parameters[edit]

URLs
https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/gershwin-theatre-1369
https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/1369
https://www.ibdb.com/venue.php?id=1369
Usage
* {{IBDB venue | 1369 | Gershwin Theatre }}
Output

Named parameters[edit]

URLs
https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/american-airlines-theatre-1349
https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/1349
https://www.ibdb.com/venue.php?id=1349
Usage
* {{IBDB venue | id= 1349 | name= American Airlines Theatre }}
* {{IBDB venue | id= 1349 | venue= American Airlines Theatre }}
Output

No ID in template or Wikidata[edit]

Usage
* {{IBDB venue}}
Output
  • {{IBDB venue}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData[edit]

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

TemplateData for IBDB venue

This template displays an external link to a venue (theatre) web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 1369 is the ID in https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/gershwin-theatre-1369 or https://www.ibdb.com/theatre/1369 or https://www.ibdb.com/venue.php?id=1369. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1217 exists, but required if not.

Default
Wikidata property P1217
Numberoptional
Namename venue 2

The "name" parameter (or "venue" parameter or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the venue (theatre) name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional

See also[edit]