Template:New York Times topic/doc

This template generates an external link to a topic page at The New York Times website.

Usage

{{New York Times topic | ID }}

{{New York Times topic | ID | NAME }}

{{New York Times topic | ID | NAME | ACCESS DATE }}

Instructions

1. Find a New York Times topic page. The URL will need to look like http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/XXXXXX/index.html where "XXXXXX" is the url directory path portion to be used.
2. Provide the url path portion as the template's first parameter. Do not include the leading or trailing slash.
3. Provide an optional name as the second parameter. If no name is provided for the second parameter, the template will use the name of the Wikipedia article.

Examples

One parameter

URL:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/susan_e_rice/index.html

Usage:

{{New York Times topic | people/r/susan_e_rice }}

Output:

"New York Times topic/doc collected news and commentary". The New York Times.

Two parameters

URL:

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/taylor_paul_dance_co/index.html

Usage:

{{New York Times topic | organizations/t/taylor_paul_dance_co | Paul Taylor Dance Company }}

Output:

"Paul Taylor Dance Company collected news and commentary". The New York Times.

Template data

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TemplateData for New York Times topic

This template generates an external link to a topic page at The New York Times website.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	1 id	ID string used in the URL.	String	required
Name	2	Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.	String	optional
Access date	3 access-date	Date when the URL was visited.	String	optional

See also

• {{Bloomberg topic}} – topic page at Bloomberg News
• {{Guardian topic}} – topic page at The Guardian
• {{Aljazeera topic}} – topic page at Al Jazeera English
• {{WhoRunsGov}} – topic page at The Washington Post