Template:TV Guide person/doc

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This template uses Lua:

Module:EditAtWikidata (sandbox)

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}}; {{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 Name is the person's name (default is article name).

Examples

Current ID number in template (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

Pauley Perrette at TV Guide

URL in template: https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/3030173187/

Full URL: https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pauley-perrette/3030173187/

Former ID number in template (6 or 7 digits, dead link)

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 }}