Template:Lives of WWI

{{{name}}} on Lives of the First World War

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Template:Lives of WWI generates an external link to an entry at Lives of the First World War. It is designed to standardize the text and formatting of links.

Usage

One parameter: {{Lives of WWI | ID }}; {{Lives of WWI | id= ID }}

Two parameters: {{Lives of WWI | ID | NAME }}; {{Lives of WWI | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property: {{Lives of WWI}}; {{Lives of WWI | name= NAME }}

Examples

One parameter

Fill this parameter with the ID string used in the URL for the entry on Lives of WWI. When one parameter is used, the link text is the title of the Wikipedia article where this template is used.

Usage in James Edward Ignatius Masterson: {{Lives of WWI | 2964480 }}; {{Lives of WWI | id= 2964480 }}
Output: James Edward Ignatius Masterson on Lives of the First World War
URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2964480

Two parameters

The first parameter will be the ID string used in the URL at Lives of WWI. The second parameter will be used as the link text.

Usage in Wilfred Owen: {{Lives of WWI | 3355667 | Wilfred Edward Salter Owen }}; {{Lives of WWI | id= 3355667 | name= Wilfred Edward Salter Owen }}
Output: Wilfred Edward Salter Owen on Lives of the First World War
URL: https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/3355667

No parameters

When used without an "id" parameter, this template will call data from Wikidata, if available. If none is available, the category Category:Lives of WWI template missing ID will be applied and an error message will be displayed.

Usage: {{Lives of WWI}}
Output: {{Lives of WWI}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Lives of WWI

This template generates an external link to an entry at Lives of the First World War. It is designed to standardize the text and formatting of links.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The ID number in the URL, such as 2964480 in https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/2964480. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P4601 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P4601	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without disambiguation. Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

template with ID

template missing ID

Category:Lives of WWI template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)

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