Template:IBDB name

{{{name}}} at the Internet Broadway Database

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Template:IBDB name displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

If you need to link a show, use Template:IBDB show or Template:IBDB title instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{IBDB name | ID }}

{{IBDB name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{IBDB name | id= ID }}

{{IBDB name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property (P1220):

{{IBDB name}}

{{IBDB name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

1. Go to IBDB.com and search for a person
2. Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the correct person.
3. The page URL should look like

   https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/xxxxx-xxxxx-#####

   where "xxxxx-xxxxx" indicates the person's name and "#####" indicates a number.

4. Add to the external links section the text:

   * {{IBDB name|id=#####|name=NAME}}

   where "#####" is the number you've copied, and NAME is the person's full formatted name.

Examples

Unnamed parameters

URLs:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316

https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316

Usage:

* {{IBDB name | 4316 | Arthur Miller }}

Output:

• Arthur Miller at the Internet Broadway Database

Named parameters

URLs:

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jerry-orbach-55157

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/55157

https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=55157

Usage:

* {{IBDB name | id= 55157 | name= Jerry Orbach }}

Output:

• Jerry Orbach at the Internet Broadway Database

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage:

{{IBDB name}}

Output:

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This template displays an external link to a web page at the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB), operated by the The Broadway League. This template should be used exclusively for people. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id 1	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") may be used to specify the ID portion of the URL. Example: 4316 is the ID in https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/arthur-miller-4316, https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/4316, or https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=4316. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1220 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P1220	Number	optional
Name	name 2	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the person's name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

• Category:Articles with IBDb links (0)

ID parameter exists

• Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID same as Wikidata (0)
• Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID different from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Internet Broadway Database person ID not in Wikidata (0)

ID parameter does not exist

• Category:IBDB name template missing ID (0)

See also

• {{IBDB title}}
• {{IBDB show}} for shows with multiple productions
• {{IBDB venue}} for named theatres

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