Template:Yahoo! Cricket/doc

Template:Yahoo! Cricket displays an external link to a Yahoo! Cricket web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Cricketer page using "id" parameter

{{Yahoo! Cricket | id= ID }}

{{Yahoo! Cricket | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Other pages using "ref" parameter

{{Yahoo! Cricket | ref= REF }}

{{Yahoo! Cricket | ref= REF | name= NAME }}

Examples

Using "id" parameter

Usage and output

* {{Yahoo! Cricket | id= sachin-tendulkar_2962 | name= Sachin Tendulkar }}

• Sachin Tendulkar at Yahoo! Cricket

URLs

https://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/sachin-tendulkar_2962 (generated by template)

https://cricket.yahoo.net/players/sachin-tendulkar-2962-playerprofile (redirected by website)

Using "ref" parameter

Usage and output

* {{Yahoo! Cricket |ref= team-profile/Chennai_1108 |name= Chennai cricket team }}

• Chennai cricket team at Yahoo! Cricket

URLs

https://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Chennai_1108 (generated by template)

https://cricket.yahoo.net/teams/chennai-1108-teamprofile (redirected by website)

Missing "id" or "ref" parameters

Usage and output

* {{Yahoo! Cricket}}

TemplateData

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This template displays an external link to a Yahoo! Cricket web page. Links to cricket player profiles are created with the "id" parameter and links to other pages are created with the "ref" parameter. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id	The ID string in the URL for the player's profile, such as sachin-tendulkar_2962 in https://cricket.yahoo.com/player-profile/sachin-tendulkar_2962. It is required when not using the "ref" parameter. Example |id=sachin-tendulkar_2962	String	optional
Ref	ref	Only used when the player "id" is not specified. If used, it should contain the portion of the URL after "https://cricket.yahoo.com/". Example: team-profile/Chennai_1108 is the "ref" portion of https://cricket.yahoo.com/team-profile/Chennai_1108. It is required when not using the "id" parameter. Example |ref=team-profile/Chennai_1108	String	optional
Name	name	The link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(cricketer)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example |name=Sachin Tendulkar	String	optional

Tracking category

• Category:Yahoo! Cricket maintenance (7)

See also

• {{Cricinfo}}, which uses a similar format
• {{Cricketarchive}}, which uses a similar format