Template:IMDb episode
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Template:IMDb episode displays an external link to a television episode page at the Internet Movie Database (IMDb). It is used exclusively for episodes. This template is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
- To link an episode list, use {{IMDb episodes}} instead.
- To link a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use {{IMDb title}} instead.
- To link a person (actor, actress, etc.), use {{IMDb name}} instead.
Usage
Unnamed parameters:
{{IMDb episode | ID }}{{IMDb episode | ID | EPISODE }}
Named parameters:
{{IMDb episode | id= ID }}{{IMDb episode | id= ID | episode= EPISODE }}
Using Wikidata property (P345):
{{IMDb episode}}{{IMDb episode | episode= EPISODE }}
Options
The required parameter is just the ID number (for backward compatibility, the parameter can be named id) and the template then uses the article title as the anchor text:
* {{IMDb episode | ID }}
To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter (for backward compatibility, it can be named Episode):
* {{IMDb episode | ID | Episode }}
Note that the examples include the * for a bulleted list since this is most likely to be used in an "External links" section.
Detailed instructions
- Copy and paste one of the options above into the article.
- Go to https://www.imdb.com, select TV episode in the search drop down menu and search for the episode you want (say, One for the Road; you'll reach
https://www.imdb.com/find?s=ep&q=One+for+the+Road&x=13&y=10). - Click on the correct "One for the Road" in the list:
- You then reach the page with URL looking like
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539826/(or other 7-digit number) - Copy only that number (here, 0539826), omitting the
ttpart, but keep any leading zeros (though IMDb currently seems to be able to add them as needed) - Replace ID in the template code with the number
- For the first option above, you'll then have
* {{IMDb episode | 0539826 }}resulting in:
- Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page One for the Road, use the second option:
- Replace ID with the number and Episode with
One for the Road* {{IMDb episode | 0539826 | One for the Road }}results in:
- For the first option above, you'll then have
Examples
ID in Wikidata
Usage in the article Perchance to Dream (The Twilight Zone):
* {{IMDb episode}}* {{IMDb episode | episode= Perchance to Dream }}
Output:
No ID in template or Wikidata
Usage:
* {{IMDb episode}}
Output:
No description.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| 2 | 2 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| 3 | 3 | no description | Unknown | optional |
| episode | episode | no description | Unknown | optional |
| description | description | no description | Unknown | optional |
See also
- {{IMDb title|quotes=
Error: The retired template {{Template:IMDb episode}} has been transcluded; see mw:Help:Magic words#Other for details. To fix this, use only the code {{=}} to generate the = character.yes}} for short films that are not actually episodes of series
