Template:TV Guide show
Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]Template:TV Guide show displays an external link to a page for a television show at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
Usage
Unnamed parameters:
{{TV Guide show | ID }}{{TV Guide show | ID | TITLE }}
Named parameters:
{{TV Guide show | id= ID }}{{TV Guide show | id= ID | title= TITLE }}
Using Wikidata property TV Guide show ID (former scheme) (P3804):
{{TV Guide show}}{{TV Guide show | title= TITLE }}
Instructions
- Go to TVGuide.com and search for the show you want.
- Click on the correct link to go to the show's page. Be sure you're getting the right show.
- The page URL should look like:
https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/show-title/#######- where "#######" indicates a number.
- Add this text to the External links section:
{{TV Guide show | ####### | Title }}- where "
#######" is the number you've copied - and "
Title" is the television show's title (default is article name).
Examples
Current ID number (10 digits)
Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:
* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 }}* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 }}
Usage with name parameter as link text:
* {{TV Guide show | 1030367572 | NCIS }}* {{TV Guide show | id= 1030367572 | title= NCIS }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)
Usage in the article NCIS (TV series), with article name as link text:
* {{TV Guide show | 100320 }}* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 }}
Usage with name parameter as link text:
* {{TV Guide show | 100320 | NCIS }}* {{TV Guide show | id= 100320 | title= NCIS }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
ID in Wikidata
Usage in the article Ugly Betty:
* {{TV Guide show}}* {{TV Guide show | name= Ugly Betty }}
Output:
URL in template:
Full URL:
No ID in template or Wikidata
Usage:
* {{TV Guide show}}
Output:
- {{TV Guide show}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
See also
- {{TV Guide person}} which uses Wikidata property TV Guide person ID (former scheme) (P3845)
- {{TV Guide movie}}
- Selected filmography … examples of other templates