This template uses the Wikidata property:
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Template:TV Guide person displays an external link to a page for a person at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Usage
Unnamed parameters:
{{TV Guide person | ID }}{{TV Guide person | ID | NAME }}
Named parameters:
{{TV Guide person | id= ID }}{{TV Guide person | id= ID | name= NAME }}
Using Wikidata property TV Guide person ID (former scheme) (P3845):
{{TV Guide person}}{{TV Guide person | name= NAME }}
Instructions
- Go to TVGuide.com and search for the person you want.
- Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the right person.
- The page URL should look like:
https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/first-last/#######/- and "#######" indicates a number.
- Add this text to the External links section:
{{TV Guide person | ####### | Name }}- where
#######is the number you've copied - and
Nameis the person's name (default is article name).
Examples
Current ID number (10 digits)
Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text:
* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 }}* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 }}
Usage with name parameter as link text:
* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 | Pauley Perrette }}* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 | name= Pauley Perrette }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)
Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text:
* {{TV Guide person | 190740 }}* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 }}
Usage with name parameter as link text:
* {{TV Guide person | 190740 | Pauley Perrette }}* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 | name= Pauley Perrette }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
ID in Wikidata
Usage in the article Vanessa Williams:
* {{TV Guide person}}* {{TV Guide person | name= Vanessa Williams }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
No ID in template or Wikidata
Usage:
* {{TV Guide person}}
Output:
- {{TV Guide person}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
See also
- {{TV Guide show}} which uses Wikidata property TV Guide show ID (former scheme) (P3804)
- {{TV Guide movie}}
- Selected filmography … examples of other templates