Template:World Sailing
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Template:World Sailing displays an external link to a sailor's profile at the official website of World Sailing (formerly the International Sailing Federation or ISAF), the international governing body for the sport of sailing. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
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Usage
Omit the name parameter to use the Wikipedia article name as the link text.
id parameter
Used with the Sailor ID, such as AUSER1 or ESPFE. This identifier starts with a three letter country code, followed by two letters for the sailor's initials, and sometimes followed by number to differentiate sailors in the same country with the same initials.
- Usage
{{World Sailing | id= Sailor ID | name= Name }}
- Examples of URLs at current website (www.sailing.org)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=AUSER1 (archive)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/?ref=ESPFE (archive)
www or unnamed first parameter
Used with an identifier such as elise-rechichi or fernando-echvarri-erasun.
- Usage
{{World Sailing | first-last | Name }}{{World Sailing | www= first-last | name= Name }}
- Example of URLs at current website (www.sailing.org)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/elise-rechichi (archive)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/fernando-echvarri-erasun (archive)
id and www parameters
The two parameters may be used together to create the full URL shown at the World Sailing website.
- Usage
{{World Sailing | first-last | Name | id= Sailor ID }}{{World Sailing | www= first-last | name= Name | id= Sailor ID }}
- Example of URLs at current website (www.sailing.org)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/elise-rechichi?ref=AUSER1 (archive)
- https://www.sailing.org/sailor/fernando-echvarri-erasun?ref=ESPFE (archive)
Wikidata property
Omit the identifiers to use the Wikidata property. Preference is given to World Sailing sailor ID (P11616) since it links to the current website, otherwise World Sailing member ID (archived) (P2804) will be used for links to the former website.
- Usage
{{World Sailing}}{{World Sailing | name= }}
Examples
Using page name as link text
- Usage in the article Peter Burling (sailor)
* {{World Sailing | id= NZLPB2 }}* {{World Sailing | peter-burling }}* {{World Sailing | id= NZLPB2 | www= peter-burling }}
- Output
Using name parameter as link text
- Usage
* {{World Sailing | id= GBRHM15 | name= Hannah Mills }}* {{World Sailing | hannah-mills | Hannah Mills }}* {{World Sailing | id= GBRHM15 | www= hannah-mills | name= Hannah Mills }}
- Output
No parameters and Wikidata property not defined
- Usage
* {{World Sailing}}
- Output
- {{World Sailing}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
TemplateData
TemplateData for World Sailing
This template displays an external link to a sailor's profile at an official website of World Sailing (formerly the International Sailing Federation or ISAF), the international governing body for the sport of sailing. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | id | Sailor ID, such as GBRHM15.
| String | optional |
| www | www 1 | Everything following https://www.sailing.org/sailor/, such as hannah-mills or hannah-mills?ref=GBRHM15. | String | optional |
| name | name 2 | The link text, which should be the sailor's name. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(sailor)".
| String | optional |