Template:TCMDb title displays an external link to a web page for a film title 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 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 edit

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 edit

  1. Visit the TCM Movie Database.
  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://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/######/film-name
    where "######" indicates a number.
  5. Copy the ID number that appears after /title/ in the URL.
  6. In the article you are editing, type {{TCMDb title | id= ###### | title= Film Name }}.

Examples edit

Unnamed parameters edit

Usage
* {{TCMDb title | 26660 | Screaming Eagles }}
* {{TCMDb title | 26660 | Screaming Eagles | (1956 film) }}
Output
Current URLs
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26660/screaming-eagles
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26660/Screaming-Eagles/ (redirect)
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26660/- (redirect)
Former URLs
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=26660
http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=26660
http://www.tcm.turner.com/title/title.jsp?stid=26660
http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=26660

Named parameters edit

Usage
* {{TCMDb title | id= 68177 | title= Batman }}
* {{TCMDb title | id= 68177 | title= Batman | description= (1966 film) }}
Output
Current URLs
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68177/batman
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68177/Batman/ (redirect)
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68177/- (redirect)
Former URLs
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=68177
http://tcmdb.com/title/title.jsp?stid=68177
http://www.tcm.turner.com/title/title.jsp?stid=68177
http://www.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/title.jsp?stid=68177

No ID in template or Wikidata edit

Usage
{{TCMDb title}}
Output
{{TCMDb title}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData edit

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:TCMDb title in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for TCMDb title

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

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

The ID portion of the URL, such as 26660 in https://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
Numberoptional
Titletitle 2

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}}
Stringoptional
Descriptiondescription 3

May be used to specify a description of the title, which is displayed after the title in the link text.

Stringoptional

See also edit

Other TCMDb templates:

Similar film title templates: