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This is a template used to generate external links to the Visual Novel Database's Visual Novel wiki. '''Do not use this template to create [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|citations]].''' In fact, the Visual Novel Database '''is not a reliable source''' because it is considered an "open wiki" which can be edited by anyone with little to no fact checking.

== Instructions ==
# Go to [https://vndb.org/v/all?sq= vndb.org] and search for the title/producer/character you want.
# If you aren't automatically brought to the page you're looking for, click on the link for the page to go to it.
# The page [[URL]] should look like <nowiki>https://vndb.org/</nowiki>''x''<nowiki>####</nowiki>, where ''x'' indicates a letter and "####" indicates a number.
# Add to the external links section of the associated Wikipedia article the text: <code><nowiki>* {{vndb|####|</nowiki>''type''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code> where "####" is the number you've copied and ''type'' is the type of VNDB page it is (visual novel, producer, etc.). Note that ''type'' can be omitted for visual novels.

== Usage ==
Use either of:

<code><nowiki>* {{vndb|####|</nowiki>''type''<nowiki>|</nowiki>''title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

<code><nowiki>* {{vndb|id=####|type=</nowiki>''type''<nowiki>|title=</nowiki>''title''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

Do ''not'' mix "field=''value''" and "''value''" formats for the parameters as it can cause some of the fields to be overwritten. The parameters are:

:* ''id'': the number at the end of the VNDB url.
:* ''type'': can be visual novel, release, producer, or character. As an alternate, just the first letter of each can be used.
:* ''title'': the desired linktext if different from the Wikipedia article's title. The default is the Wikipedia article's title if left blank.

== Examples ==
Let's look at some Type-Moon related examples.

{| class="wikitable"
| '''Code'''
| '''Result'''
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|7}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Tsukihime]]: {{vndb|7||Tsukihime}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|47||Kagetsu Tohya}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Kagetsu Tohya]]: {{vndb|47||Kagetsu Tohya}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|165|v|Melty Blood}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Melty Blood]]: {{vndb|165||Melty Blood}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|11|visual novel|Fate/stay night}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Fate/stay night]]: {{vndb|11||Fate/stay night}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|340|r|Tsukibako}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Tsukibako]] (non-existent): {{vndb|340|r|Tsukibako}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|1268|release|Melty Blood ReACT}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Melty Blood ReACT]] (non-existent): {{vndb|1268|r|Melty Blood ReACT}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|6|producer}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Type-Moon]]: {{vndb|6|p|Type-Moon}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|72|c}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Shiki Tohno]]: {{vndb|72|c|Shiki Tohno}}
|-
| <code><nowiki>{{vndb|33|character|Saber}}</nowiki></code>
| On the page [[Saber (Fate/stay night)]] (note that the default title was not used): {{vndb|33|c|Saber}}
|}

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