Template:TCMDb title

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This template is used to generate an external link to a web page at the TCM Movie Database (TCMDb). Turner Classic Movies (TCM) maintains its own comprehensive database of motion picture titles that are not limited to the film libraries that TCM owns, and includes links by which a user can suggest to TCM that they schedule any given title for viewing.

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

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{TCMDb title | ID }}

{{TCMDb title | ID | TITLE }}

{{TCMDb title | ID | TITLE | DESCRIPTION }}

Named parameters:

{{TCMDb title | id= ID }}

{{TCMDb title | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

{{TCMDb title | id= ID | title= TITLE | description= DESCRIPTION }}

Using Wikidata property P2631:

{{TCMDb title}}

{{TCMDb title | title= TITLE }}

{{TCMDb title | title= TITLE | description= DESCRIPTION }}

Instructions

1. Visit the TCMDb website.
2. In the keyword search field, type in the title you want to link to, and click "Search."
3. TCMDb will show a disambiguation page showing all titles that match your search words. Click on the title you want (make sure you have the correct year of release!).
4. The page URL should look like this:

   http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=######

   or http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/######/Film-Name/

   where "######" indicates a number.

5. Copy the ID number that appears after stid= or /title/ in the URL listing.
6. In the article you are editing, type {{TCMDb title | id= ###### | title= Film Name }}.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URLs:

http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=26660

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26660/Screaming-Eagles/

Usage:

* {{TCMDb title | 26660 | Screaming Eagles }}

* {{TCMDb title | 26660 | Screaming Eagles | (1956 film) }}

Output:

• Screaming Eagles at the TCM Movie Database
• Screaming Eagles (1956 film) at the TCM Movie Database

Named parameters

URLs:

http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=68177

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68177/Batman/

Usage:

* {{TCMDb title | id= 68177 | title= Batman }}

* {{TCMDb title | id= 68177 | title= Batman | description= (1966 film) }}

Output:

• Batman at the TCM Movie Database
• Batman (1966 film) at the TCM Movie Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

{{TCMDb title}}

Output:

TemplateData

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TemplateData for TCMDb title

This template is used to generate an external link to a web page at the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) Movie Database.

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: 26660 is the ID in http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=26660 or http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26660/Screaming-Eagles/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2631 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2631	Number	optional
Title	title 2	The "title" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the film title, which is displayed in italic type in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(film)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional
Description	description 3	The "description" parameter (or unnamed parameter "3") may be used to specify a description of the title, which is displayed after the title in the link text.	String	optional

See also

Other TCMDb templates:

• {{TCMDb name}}

Other film title templates:

• {{IMDb title}}
• {{AllMovie title}}