Template:Yahoo! Cricket/sandbox

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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

Using "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

Using "id" parameter

Usage and output:

* {{Yahoo! Cricket | id= sachin-tendulkar_2962 | name= Sachin Tendulkar }}

Sachin Tendulkar at Yahoo! Cricket

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

Usage and output:

* {{Yahoo! Cricket |ref= team-profile/Chennai_1108 |name= Chennai cricket team}}

Chennai cricket team at Yahoo! Cricket

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

Usage and output:

* {{Yahoo! Cricket}}

{{Yahoo! Cricket}} template missing "id" or "ref" parameters.

TemplateData

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TemplateData 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.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
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. Example \|id=sachin-tendulkar_2962	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. Example \|ref=team-profile/Chennai_1108	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)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example \|name=Sachin Tendulkar	String	optional

Tracking category

Category:Yahoo! Cricket maintenance (7)