Template:Soccerbase/sandbox

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See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Redirect

{{Soccerbase player}}

This template uses Lua:

Template:Soccerbase displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's page at the Soccerbase website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{Soccerbase|ID}}
{{Soccerbase|ID|NAME}}

Named parameters:

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

Using Wikidata property Soccerbase player ID (P2193):

{{Soccerbase}}
{{Soccerbase|name= NAME}}

Examples

Unnamed parameters

Usage

* {{Soccerbase|547|David Beckham}}

Output

David Beckham at Soccerbase

Current URL

https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=547

Former URL

https://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=547 (archive)

Named parameters

Usage

* {{Soccerbase|id= 31692|name= Andrei Arshavin}}

Output

Andrei Arshavin at Soccerbase

Current URL

https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=31692

Former URL

https://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=31692 (archive)

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage

* {{Soccerbase}}

Output

{{Soccerbase}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

Instructions

Go to the Soccerbase website and search for a player.
Click on the correct link to go to the player's page. Be sure is the correct right person.
The page URL should look like https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=#####, where "#####" indicates a number.
Copy ONLY that number
Add that ID to the Wikidata item about the player, using P2193
Add to the external links section the text:
{{Soccerbase}}

Alternative method

Add to the external links section the text:
{{Soccerbase|id=#####|name=Name}}

where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name
Searching for "David Beckham", you'll reach this page: https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=547
Copy "547" and then write: {{Soccerbase|id=547|name=David Beckham}}

Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Soccerbase in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Soccerbase

This template displays an external link to an association football (soccer) player's page at the Soccerbase website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	`id` `1`	The ID portion of the URL. Example: 547 is the ID portion of https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=547. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2193 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2193	Number	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The link text, which should be the name of the player. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(footballer)" or "(soccer)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

External links

Players page at Soccerbase.com

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