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This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage[edit]

If the subject of the Wikipedia article is the same as the IMDb page, only ID number is required. The template then uses the Wikipedia article name as the anchor text.

{{IMDb name | ID }}
{{IMDb name | id= ID }}

To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter. This is necessary when adding an IMDb link to an article about somebody or something other than the linked person (for example, if you include the IMDb link for Bette Davis in the Joan Crawford article, you must specify Bette Davis's name as the text for the link).

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

The parameter |section= can be set to award (alternatively awards) or bio (alternatively biography) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.

{{IMDb name | ID | NAME | section= SECTION }}
{{IMDb name | id= ID | name= NAME | section= SECTION }}

The ID number may be omitted if the article's Wikidata item includes property IMDb ID (P345).

{{IMDb name}}
{{IMDb name | name= NAME }}
{{IMDb name | name= NAME | section= SECTION }}

Instructions and examples[edit]

Go to IMDb.com and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all). This can also be done on the Wikipedia page by previewing {{IMDb name}} and clicking that link ( https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=nm ).
Click on the correct name in the list (for the actor Marlon Brando, this will bring up the page https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/)
Copy only the 7- or 8-digit number (here, "0000008"), omitting the "nm" but keep all the leading zeros.
Replace "ID" in the template code with the number
1. For the first option above, you'll then have
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 }} resulting in:
  - IMDb name/doc at IMDb
  Note that the link text is the same as the name of the Wikipedia page the template is used on; outside the page "Marlon Brando", use the second option:
2. Replace "ID" with the number and "Name" with "Marlon Brando"
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando }} results in:
  - Marlon Brando at IMDb
3. The parameter |section= can be set to award (alternatively awards) or bio (alternatively biography) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= awards }} gives:
  - Awards for Marlon Brando at IMDb
  * {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= bio }} gives:
  - Biography for Marlon Brando at IMDb

TemplateData[edit]

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

TemplateData for IMDb name

This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The IMDb ID for the target page. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P345 contains an ID starting with nm, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P345 or IMDb search URL	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	Name to be displayed as link text. Defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as (actor). Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional
Section	`section`	IMDb article section. Set to "award" or "awards" to link to the awards section. Set to "bio" or "biography" to link to the biography section.	String	optional

Tracking categories[edit]

Category:Pages using IMDb name with unknown parameters (0)

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 {{Documentation subpage}}
+{{For-multi|a work|Template:IMDb title|a specific episode|Template:IMDb episode|an episode list|Template:IMDb episodes|an event|Template:IMDb event}}
+{{High-use}}
+{{Uses Wikidata|P345}}
+{{Lua|Module:EditAtWikidata}}
+This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]. It is intended for use in the [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]] section of an article.
-<!--
-    PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.
-    YOU CAN EDIT THE TEMPLATE DOCUMENTATION AFTER THIS COMMENT.
--->
+== Usage ==
-This is a template to generate links to the [[Internet Movie Database]] for names of film personnel.
+If the subject of the Wikipedia article is the same as the IMDb page, only ID number is required. The template then uses the Wikipedia article name as the [[anchor text]].
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> }}
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} <var>ID</var> }}
+To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter. This is necessary when adding an IMDb link to an article about somebody or something other than the linked person (for example, if you include the IMDb link for [[Bette Davis]] in the [[Joan Crawford]] article, you must specify Bette Davis's name as the text for the link).
-:To link a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use {{Tl|IMDb title}}.
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> | <var>NAME</var> }}
-:To link a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use {{Tl|IMDb episode}}.
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} <var>ID</var> | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> }}
-:To link an episode list, use {{Tl|IMDb episodes}}.
-:To link a company, use {{Tl|IMDb company}}.
-:To link a character, use {{Tl|IMDb character}}.
-:To link an award, use {{Tl|IMDb award}}.
-==Usage==
-{{See also|Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#IMDb}}
-The '''required''' parameter is the ID number. The template then uses the article title as the [[anchor text]]:
-<pre>
-* {{IMDb name |ID}}
-* {{IMDb name | id = ID }}
-</pre>
-To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter:
-<pre>
-* {{IMDb name |ID |Name}}
-* {{IMDb name | id = ID | name = Name}}
-</pre>
-This can be used when the Wikipedia page name contains disambiguation brackets; for example at the page [[John Smith (actor)]] use <code><nowiki>{{IMDb name|0808774|John Smith}}</nowiki></code> to have "{{IMDb name|0808774|John Smith}}" rather than "{{IMDb name|0808774|John Smith (actor)}}". This is also necessary should you need to add an IMDb link to an article about somebody or something other than the linked person (for example, if you include the IMDb link for [[Bette Davis]] in the [[Joan Crawford]] article, you must specify Bette Davis's name as the text for the link using this option).
 The parameter {{Para|section}} can be set to <code>award</code> (alternatively <code>awards</code>) or <code>bio</code> (alternatively <code>biography</code>) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> | <var>NAME</var> | section{{=}} <var>SECTION</var> }}
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} <var>ID</var> | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> | section{{=}} <var>SECTION</var>}}
+The ID number may be omitted if the article's [[Wikidata]] item includes property {{Property|345}}.
-*<code><nowiki>{{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando|section=award}}</nowiki></code> gives:
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}
-:{{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando|section=award}}
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> }}
-*<code><nowiki>{{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando|section=bio}}</nowiki></code> gives:
+* {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> | section{{=}} <var>SECTION</var>}}
-:{{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando|section=bio}}
+== Instructions and examples ==
-==Detailed instructions==
+{{See also|Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites#IMDb}}
-# Copy and paste one of the options above into the article
-# Go to http://www.imdb.com/ and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach <code>http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all</code>)
+# Go to [https://www.imdb.com/ IMDb.com] and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach <code>https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=all</code>). This can also be done on the Wikipedia page by previewing <code><nowiki>{{IMDb name}}</nowiki></code> and clicking that link ( https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=nm ).
-# Click on the correct Marlon Brando in the list; this will bring up the page:
-## <code>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/</code>
+# Click on the correct name in the list (for the actor [[Marlon Brando]], this will bring up the page <code>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000008/</code>)
-# Copy {{em|only}} the 7-digit number (here, "<code>0000008</code>"), omitting the "<code>nm</code>" but keep all the leading zeros (although IMDb seems to add missing leading zeroes in desktop mode [www.imdb.com], but in mobile mode [m.imdb.com] all 7 digits are needed or an error page is served)
+# Copy {{em|only}} the 7- or 8-digit number (here, "<code>0000008</code>"), omitting the "<code>nm</code>" but keep all the leading zeros.
 # Replace "<code>ID</code>" in the template code with the number
 ## For the first option above, you'll then have
-##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name|0000008}}</nowiki></code> resulting in:
+##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name | 0000008 }}</nowiki></code> resulting in:
-##* {{IMDb name|0000008}}
+##:* {{IMDb name | 0000008 }}
-##: Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page "Marlon Brando", use the second option:
+##: Note that the link text is the same as the name of the Wikipedia page the template is used on; outside the page "Marlon Brando", use the second option:
 ## Replace "<code>ID</code>" with the number ''and'' "<code>Name</code>" with "<code>Marlon Brando</code>"
-##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando}}</nowiki></code> results in:
+##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando }}</nowiki></code> results in:
-##:* {{IMDb name|0000008|Marlon Brando}}
+##:* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando }}
+## The parameter {{Para|section}} can be set to <code>award</code> (alternatively <code>awards</code>) or <code>bio</code> (alternatively <code>biography</code>) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
+##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= awards }}</nowiki></code> gives:
+##:* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= awards }}
+##: <code><nowiki>* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= bio }}</nowiki></code> gives:
+##:* {{IMDb name | 0000008 | Marlon Brando | section= bio }}
-==See also==
+== TemplateData ==
+{{TemplateData header}}
-*[[:Template:IMDb]], a list of related templates
+<templatedata>
-*[[Wikipedia:IMDb]]
+{
-*{{Tl|thetvdb}}
+	"description": "This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for a person in the Internet Movie Database.",
+	"params": {
+		"id": {
+			"label": "ID",
+			"aliases": [ "1" ],
+                        "description": "The IMDb ID for the target page. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P345 contains an ID starting with nm, but required if not.",
+                        "type": "number",
+                        "required": false,
+                        "default": "Wikidata property P345 or IMDb search URL"
+		},
+		"name": {
+			"label": "Name",
+			"aliases": ["2"],
+                        "description": "Name to be displayed as link text. Defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as (actor).",
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "required": false,
+                        "default": "{{PAGENAMEBASE}}"
+		},
+		"section": {
+			"label": "Section",
+			"description": "IMDb article section. Set to \"award\" or \"awards\" to link to the awards section. Set to \"bio\" or \"biography\" to link to the biography section.",
+			"type": "string",
+			"required": false
+		}
+	}
+}
+</templatedata>
+== Tracking categories ==
-<includeonly>
+* {{clc|IMDb template with no id set}}
-<!-- PLEASE ADD CATEGORIES AND INTERWIKIS BELOW THIS LINE, THANKS. -->
+* {{clc|IMDb template with invalid id set}}
+<section begin=Tracking/>
+* {{clc|Pages using IMDb name with unknown parameters}}<section end=Tracking/>
+== See also ==
+* [[:Template:IMDb]], a list of related templates
+* [[Wikipedia:IMDb]]
+=== Similar person templates ===
+* {{Tl|AllMovie name}}
+* {{Tl|TCMDb name}}
+<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||
+<!-- Categories go below this line, please; interwikis go to Wikidata, thank you! -->
 [[Category:Film external link templates]]
 [[Category:People and person external link templates]]
 [[Category:Television external link templates]]
+[[Category:Templates using data from Wikidata]]
+[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
-</includeonly>
+[[Category:External link templates using Wikidata]]
+[[Category:IMDb templates]]
+}}</includeonly>

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