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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
Usage is extraordinarily simple. After an instance of {{tl|imdb}} or {{tl|imdb name}}, simply place {{tl|imdb?}}. For instance if you type this: | Usage is extraordinarily simple. After an instance of {{tl|imdb}} or {{tl|imdb name}}, simply place {{tl|imdb?}}. For instance if you type this: | ||
<pre>{{imdb name|id= | <pre>{{imdb name|id=0999383|name=William Hartnell}}{{imdb?}}</pre> | ||
you'll get: | you'll get: | ||
{{imdb name|id= | {{imdb name|id=0999383|name=William Hartnell}}{{imdb?}} | ||
Generally, however, this template should be used only when there's a genuine question of mistaken identity. Maybe the link goes to a person who's got a middle name by which she wasn't credited on ''Doctor Who''. Maybe you're writing an article on a minor crew member on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', but the IMDb link takes you to a person who has the exact same name, but all their credits on IMDb are American. These are the sorts of cases for which this template was designed. | Generally, however, this template should be used only when there's a genuine question of mistaken identity. Maybe the link goes to a person who's got a middle name by which she wasn't credited on ''Doctor Who''. Maybe you're writing an article on a minor crew member on ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]'', but the IMDb link takes you to a person who has the exact same name, but all their credits on IMDb are American. These are the sorts of cases for which this template was designed. | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 12 September 2011
{{imdb?}} is for flagging up individual IMDb links which seem to point to a different person than the subject of the article on which {{imdb}} or {{imdb name}} have been placed.
Usage
Usage is extraordinarily simple. After an instance of {{imdb}} or {{imdb name}}, simply place {{imdb?}}. For instance if you type this:
{{imdb name|id=0999383|name=William Hartnell}}{{imdb?}}
you'll get:
Generally, however, this template should be used only when there's a genuine question of mistaken identity. Maybe the link goes to a person who's got a middle name by which she wasn't credited on Doctor Who. Maybe you're writing an article on a minor crew member on The Sarah Jane Adventures, but the IMDb link takes you to a person who has the exact same name, but all their credits on IMDb are American. These are the sorts of cases for which this template was designed.
If it's just that the id number is wrong, please take the time to find the correct id number — by doing a simple IMDb search — and change it.
Categorisation
When pages have this template applied, they are automatically placed into category:Articles with questionable IMDb links.
