Template:Yahoo! Cricket displays an external link to a Yahoo! Cricket web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Usage
editUsing "id" parameter:
{{Yahoo! Cricket | id= ID }}{{Yahoo! Cricket | id= ID | name= NAME }}
Using "ref" parameter:
{{Yahoo! Cricket | ref= REF }}{{Yahoo! Cricket | ref= REF | name= NAME }}
Examples
editUsing "id" parameter
editUsage and output:
* {{Yahoo! Cricket | id= sachin-tendulkar_2962 | name= Sachin Tendulkar }}
URLs:
- https://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/sachin-tendulkar_2962 (generated by template)
- https://cricket.yahoo.net/players/sachin-tendulkar-2962-playerprofile (redirected by website)
Using "ref" parameter
editUsage and output:
* {{Yahoo! Cricket |ref= team-profile/Chennai_1108 |name= Chennai cricket team}}
URLs:
- https://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Chennai_1108 (generated by template)
- https://cricket.yahoo.net/teams/chennai-1108-teamprofile (redirected by website)
Missing "id" or "ref" parameters
editUsage and output:
* {{Yahoo! Cricket}}- {{Yahoo! Cricket}} template missing "id" or "ref" parameters.
TemplateData
editTemplateData for Yahoo! Cricket
This template displays an external link to a Yahoo! Cricket web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | id | The "id" parameter should contain the ID string in the URL for the player's profile. Example: sachin-tendulkar_2962 is the "id" in https://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/sachin-tendulkar_2962. It is required when not using the "ref" parameter.
| String | optional |
| ref | ref | The "ref" parameter is optional and only used when the player "id" is not specified. If used, it should contain the portion of the URL after "https://cricket.yahoo.com/". Example: team-profile/Chennai_1108 is the "ref" portion of https://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Chennai_1108. It is required when not using the "id" parameter.
| String | optional |
| name | name | The "name" parameter may be used to specify the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(cricketer)".
| String | optional |
Tracking category
editSee also
edit{{Cricinfo}}, which uses a similar format{{Cricketarchive}}, which uses a similar format