Template:WBF displays an external link to a contract bridge player's international record at the website of the World Bridge Federation (WBF), which is the international governing body for contract bridge. The template is usually placed in the "External links" or "References" section of the player's Wikipedia article.

Usage edit

Unnamed parameters
{{WBF|ID}}
{{WBF|ID|NAME}}
{{WBF|ID|NAME|ACCESS DATE}}
Named parameters
{{WBF|id=ID}}
{{WBF|id=ID|name=NAME}}
{{WBF|id=ID|name=NAME|access-date=ACCESS DATE}}
Using Wikidata property
{{WBF}}
{{WBF|name=NAME}}
{{WBF|name=NAME|access-date=ACCESS DATE}}

Parameters edit

  1. |id=
    The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the ID portion of the URL. Example: 1122 is the ID portion of http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=1122 (archived) or http://db.worldbridge.org/Repository/peopleforscrap/person.asp?qryid=1122. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3172 exists, but required if not. If not provided, the template will attempt to fetch it from Wikidata.
  2. |name=
    The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the link text, which should be the name of the athlete. This parameter is optional when the template is used in the player's Wikipedia article; it defaults to the article name, without any disambiguation such as "(bridge)". It should be provided if the template is used other articles.
  3. |access-date=
    The "access-date" parameter (or unnamed parameter "3") is for use in references.

How to find the "id" edit

One of the following methods may be used to find a player's WBF page and determine the id number:

  1. Go to the WBF People Finder and search for the player's surname. If the surname is unknown, try different parts of the known name separately.
  2. Use a web search engine such as Google or Bing (examples for Riki Markus):
    Google search: Rixi Markus site:worldbridge.org
    Bing search: Rixi Markus site:worldbridge.org

The id number for the person can be seen at the end of the URL, such as 1122:

http://www.worldbridge.org/people/person.asp?qryid=1122 (archived)
http://db.worldbridge.org/Repository/peopleforscrap/person.asp?qryid=1122

Examples edit

External link edit

When only the first unnamed parameter (or "id") is used, the link text includes the article name.

* {{WBF | 1122 }}
  • "International record for WBF/doc". World Bridge Federation.
* {{WBF |id= 553 }}

When the article name is different than the player's name, the second unnamed parameter (or "name") should be included.

* {{WBF | 1122 | Rixi Markus }}
* {{WBF |id= 553 |name= Omar Sharif }}

Citation edit

When the template is being used as a citation, the third unnamed parameter (or "accessdate" or "access-date") should be included.

{{WBF | 1122 | Rixi Markus | September 14, 2012 }}
"International record for Rixi Markus". worldbridge.org. World Bridge Federation. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
{{WBF |id= 553 |name= Omar Sharif |accessdate= 29 December 2016 }}
"International record for Omar Sharif". worldbridge.org. World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
{{WBF |id= 553 |name= Omar Sharif |access-date= 2016-12-29 }}
"International record for Omar Sharif". worldbridge.org. World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 2016-12-29.

No parameters edit

When no parameters are included, the template will use the player's ID from Wikidata or display an error message.

{{WBF}}
{{WBF}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

Tracking categories edit

"id" parameter exists
"id" parameter does not exist

See also edit