Template:IMDb character/doc

This is a template to generate links to [Wikipedia:[Internet Movie Database|Internet Movie Database (IMDb)]], only to be used exclusively for CHARACTERS.


 * To link a work (film/movie, TV or Web program/series, video game, etc.), use IMDb title instead.
 * To link a person (actor, actress, etc.), use IMDb name instead.
 * To link a specific TV episode or Web series episode, use IMDb episode instead.
 * To link an episode list, use IMDb episodes instead.
 * To link a company, use IMDb company instead.

Options
The required parameter is just the ID number (for backward compatibility, the parameter can be named ) and the template then uses the article title as the anchor text: To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter (for backward compatibility, it can be named ):

Note that the options include the "*" for a bulleted list since this is most likely to be used in an "External links" section.

Detailed instructions

 * 1) Copy and paste one of the options above into the article
 * 2) Go to http://www.imdb.com and search for the character you want (say, Austin Powers; you'll reach  )
 * 3) Click on the correct Austin Powers in the list:
 * 4) You then reach the page with URL looking like http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0002425/ (or other 7-digit number)
 * 5) Copy only that number (here, " "), omitting the " " but keep all the leading zeros (though IMDb currently seems to be able to add them as needed)
 * 6) Replace "ID" in the template code with the number
 * 7) For the first option above, you'll then have
 *  *  resulting in:
 * Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page "Austin Powers", use the second option:
 * 1) Replace "ID" with the number and "Character" with "Austin Powers"
 *  *  results in:
 * 1) Replace "ID</tt>" with the number and "Character</tt>" with "Austin Powers</tt>"
 *  * </tt> results in: