Template:TheTVDB displays an external link to a television series page at TheTVDB. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

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Unnamed parameters:

{{TheTVDB | ID }}
{{TheTVDB | ID | TITLE }}

Named parameters:

{{TheTVDB | id= ID }}
{{TheTVDB | id= ID | title= TITLE }}

Using Wikidata property TheTVDB series ID (P4835):

{{TheTVDB}}
{{TheTVDB | title= TITLE }}

Examples

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Unnamed parameters

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URL:

https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=83708

Usage:

* {{TheTVDB | 83708 | Survivors }}

Output:

Named parameters

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URL:

https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=79488

Usage:

* {{TheTVDB | id= 79488 | title= 30 Rock }}

Output:

ID in Wikidata

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Usage in the article El Capo:

* {{TheTVDB}}
* {{TheTVDB | title= El Capo }}

Output:

No ID in template or Wikidata

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Usage:

{{TheTVDB}}

Output:

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

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for TheTVDB

This template displays an external link to a television series page at TheTVDB. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
IDid 1

The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 83708 is the ID portion of https://www.thetvdb.com/?tab=series&id=83708. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4835 exists, but required if not.

Default
Wikidata property P4835
Numberoptional
Titletitle 2

The "title" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the television series title, which is displayed in italic type in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.

Default
{{PAGENAMEBASE}}
Stringoptional

See also

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