Template:IMDb name/doc

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.


 * For a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use IMDb title.
 * For a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use IMDb episode.
 * For an episode list, use IMDb episodes.
 * For an event, use IMDb event.

Usage
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.

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).

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

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

Instructions and examples

 * 1) Go to IMDb.com and search for the person you want (say, Marlon Brando; you'll reach  ). This can also be done on the Wikipedia page by previewing   and clicking that link ( https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Marlon+Brando&s=nm ).
 * 2) Click on the correct name in the list (for the actor Marlon Brando, this will bring up the page  )
 * 3) Copy  the 7- or 8-digit number (here, " "), omitting the " " but keep all the leading zeros.
 * 4) Replace " " in the template code with the number
 * 5) For the first option above, you'll then have
 * resulting in:
 * 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:
 * 1) Replace " " with the number and " " with " "
 * results in:
 * 1) The parameter section can be set to   (alternatively  ) or   (alternatively  ) to link to the awards or biography section for that person.
 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:
 * gives:

TemplateData
{	"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": "" },		"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 }	} }

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 * AllMovie name
 * TCMDb name
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