Template:IMDb title/doc

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This template uses the Wikidata property: Lua error in Module:Uses_Wikidata at line 13: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

This template is used to generate an external link to a web page at IMDb. It should be used exclusively for TITLES—movies, TV series, games, etc.—and is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

Named parameters:

  • {{IMDb title|id= ID}}
  • {{IMDb title|id= ID|title= TITLE}}
  • {{IMDb title|id= ID|title= TITLE|description= DESCRIPTION}}
  • {{IMDb title|id= ID|title= TITLE|description= DESCRIPTION|section= SECTION}}
  • {{IMDb title|id= ID|title= TITLE|description= DESCRIPTION|section= SECTION|qid= QID}}
  • {{IMDb title|id= ID|quotes= yes}} – for short films

Using Wikidata property (P345):

Instructions

See also: OODA WIKI:External links/Perennial websites § IMDb
  1. Search on IMDb.com for the title you want. On the OODA WIKI page of the film concerned this can often be done with the link produced by previewing {{IMDb title}} (this may not work if the page title is more than just the film title).
  2. Click on the correct link to go to the movie's page (or whatever you're looking for). Be sure you're getting on the correct title page.
  3. The page URL should look like this:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt######/
    where ###### indicates a number.
  4. Copy the 7- or 8-digit ID number that appears after tt in the URL. The leading "tt" is not required, but the template will still work if it is included. The leading zeros in the number are recommended for Linksearch uniformity.
  5. Add the following to the external links section of the article:
    {{IMDb title|######|Film Name}} or {{IMDb title|id=######|title=Film Name}}
    where ###### is the number you've copied, and Film Name is the title of the movie or show.
  6. (Optional) If you want to add an additional description to distinguish this film/show from another that may be on the same page with the same name, use the following text:
    {{IMDb title|#######|Title|Description}}
    where ####### is the number you've copied, Title is the title of the movie or show, and Description is the description of the show, in parentheses.
  7. (Optional) There is also the |section= parameter which can be set to |section=awards or |section=cast to link to the Awards or Cast and Crew sections of the site.
  8. If the IMDb page is about a short film, add |quotes=yes to display with quotation marks (per MOS:TITLES rather than the template's default italics; any value for this parameter will work, e.g. |quotes=y or |quotes=true. Note: For an episode of a TV series, use {{IMDb episode}} instead of this template.

Examples

Parameter: id (1)

  1. Search on IMDb.com for the title Alpha Dog. This can also be done on the OODA WIKI page by previewing {{IMDb title}} and clicking that link (https://www.imdb.com/find?q=Alpha+Dog&s=tt).
  2. On the IMDb search results page, click the link for "Alpha Dog (2006)". That IMDb page URL is:
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426883/ or http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426883/
  3. Copy 0426883 and add it to the template:

Typically this is a list item in the external links section (even if there is only one link), so you should add "*" in front.

Parameter: title (2)

Parameter: description (3)

Parameter: section

Parameter: qid

  • {{IMDb title|qid=Q105801|title=Stargate}} → Stargate at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 30: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • {{IMDb title|qid=Q105801|title=Stargate|description=(1994 film)|section=awards}} → Awards for Stargate (1994 film) at IMDbLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 30: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).

Parameter: quotes

Used for short films, which take quotation marks instead of the default italics.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for IMDb title

This is a template to generate links to Internet Movie Database.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

Number of the IMDb title, taken from the numbers at the end of its IMDb URL. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P345 contains an ID starting with tt or the qid paramter is used, but required if not.

Default
Wikidata property P345 or IMDb search URL
Numberoptional
Titletitle 2

Title of the production. Defaults to the OODA WIKI article name, without any disambiguation such as (film).

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional
Descriptiondescription 3

Description of the production, such as the year made (in parentheses).

Stringoptional
Sectionsection

Can be 'award' or 'awards' which makes a link to the awards page, or 'cast' to link to the cast and crew page. Other values are ignored.

Stringoptional
qidqid

Retrieves the id stored at a specific WikiData item, this can be used to get an id stored in another item without using the 'id' parameter.

Unknownoptional
link_hidelink_hide

If parameter is used and has something other than blank, IMDb will not be wikilinked

Unknownoptional

Wikidata

The Wikidata project provides a central collection of information and parameters for articles for the various Wikimedia Foundation projects. This includes the IMDB title codes for films. For example, the film Space Milkshake has a corresponding Wikidata item (Q7572422), which in turn includes an IMDb identifier. If {{IMDb title}} is invoked in an article without the "id" parameter, and if Wikidata has an IMDb identifier specified for that article's corresponding item, the IMDb link with its title code will be included automatically.

For new film articles, the IMDb identifier property (and the film title item itself) may need to be added at Wikidata first, so that the default IMDb link can be available for use on OODA WIKI and other Wikimedia projects.

This Wikidata capability was implemented on the English OODA WIKI as of April 2013.

Note that the title code (first parameter) can still be specified as before and this will override the Wikidata default e.g. where this template is used to link to a film whose title does not correspond to the subject of the article (for example, in the case of a single article about a film and its sequels).

The second parameter for the film title override is still available to handle differences between article titles and film titles (e.g. due to disambiguation wording in the title). The first parameter may be left blank to default from Wikidata – for example {{IMDb title||Film title}}.

Linksearch

For a given link target (or first part of that) the pages from where there are links are found by a link such as this:

  • https://en.OODA WIKI.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Linksearch&target=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0426 (for http links)
  • https://en.OODA WIKI.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Linksearch&target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Ftitle%2Ftt0426 (for https links)

Tracking categories

See also

Similar television title template:

Similar film title templates:


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