Template:LinkedIn user/doc

See also: Template:LinkedIn page and Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites

Template:LinkedIn user displays an external link to a page at LinkedIn, a business-focused social networking website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{LinkedIn user | user name or number }}

{{LinkedIn user | user name or number | Displayed Name }}

Named parameters

{{LinkedIn user | id= user name or number }}

{{LinkedIn user | id= user name or number | name= Displayed Name }}

Using Wikidata property LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634)

{{LinkedIn user}}

{{LinkedIn user | name= Displayed Name }}

Examples

Using Wikidata

Generally, Wikidata should contain article subjects' LinkedIn ID in property LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634), allowing the ID parameter to be omitted:

* {{LinkedIn user}}

* {{LinkedIn user |name=NAME }}

Using ID in template

URL

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjalisud

Usage

* {{LinkedIn user | anjalisud | Anjali Sud }}

* {{LinkedIn user | id= anjalisud |name= Anjali Sud }}

Output

• Anjali Sud on LinkedIn

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage

* {{LinkedIn user}}

Output

Instances of this error are tracked in Category:LinkedIn user template missing ID and not in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for LinkedIn user

This template displays an external link to a page at LinkedIn, a business-focused social networking website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Account ID	id 1	The ID portion of the LinkedIn URL, which for this template is everything after linkedin.com/in/ (example: anjalisud). This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P6634 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P6634 Example anjalisud	String	optional
Display name	name 2	The link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without disambiguation. Default Name of the page Example Anjali Sud	String	optional

Tracking category

• Category:LinkedIn user template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)

See also

External link template:

• {{LinkedIn page}} uses ID in template (everything after linkedin.com/) or LinkedIn personal profile ID (P6634) or LinkedIn company or organization ID (P4264)

Navigation box template:

• {{LinkedIn}}