Template:TCMDb name/doc

Template:TCMDb name displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) maintains its own comprehensive database of motion pictures, actors, actresses, and film crew.

This template is designed for a link to a person; to a link to a film title use {{TCMDb title}} instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{TCMDb name | ID }}

{{TCMDb name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{TCMDb name | id= ID }}

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

Using Wikidata property P3056:

{{TCMDb name}}

{{TCMDb name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

1. Visit the TCM Movie Database.
2. In the keyword search field, type in the name of the person you want to link to, and click "Search."
3. TCM will show a disambiguation page showing all the names that match your search words. Click on the person's name you want.
4. The page URL should look like this:

   http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=#####

   or http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/#####|nnnnn/First-Last/

   where ##### indicates the required ID number

5. Copy the ID number that appears after participantId= or /person/ in the URL.
6. In the article you are editing, type {{TCMDb name | id= ##### | name= First Last }}.

Example

Unnamed parameters

Usage:

* {{TCMDb name | 87065 | Alfred Hitchcock }}

Output:

• Alfred Hitchcock at the TCM Movie Database

Current URLs:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/

Former URLs:

http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065

Named parameters

Usage:

* {{TCMDb name | id= 179897 | name= Maggie Smith }}

Output:

• Maggie Smith at the TCM Movie Database

Current URLs:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/179897|103986/Maggie-Smith

Former URLs:

http://tcmdb.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.turner.com/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=179897

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

{{TCMDb name}}

Output:

TCMDb name/doc at the TCM Movie Database

TemplateData

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This template displays an external link to a web page for a person at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id 1	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the ID portion of the URL. Example: 87065 is the ID in http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant/participant.jsp?participantId=87065 or http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/87065|10493/Alfred-Hitchcock/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3056 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P3056	Number	optional
Name	name 2	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the name of the person, which is displayed as the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(actor)" or "(director)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Turner Classic Movies person ID not in Wikidata (0)
• Category:Turner Classic Movies person ID different from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Turner Classic Movies person ID same as Wikidata (0)

See also

• {{TCMDb title}}

Similar person templates:

• {{IMDb name}}
• {{AllMovie name}}
• {{BFI}}