Template:Hockey-reference/sandbox

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Hockey-reference (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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Module:EditAtWikidata (sandbox)

Template:Hockey-reference displays an external link to an ice hockey player's profile at Hockey-Reference.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage[edit]

Unnamed parameters: {{Hockey-reference | ID }}; {{Hockey-reference | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters: {{Hockey-reference | id= ID }}; {{Hockey-reference | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property: {{Hockey-reference}}; {{Hockey-reference | name= NAME }}

Examples[edit]

Unnamed parameters[edit]

URL: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kanepa01.html

Usage: {{Hockey-reference | k/kanepa01 | Patrick Kane }}; {{Hockey-reference | k/kanepa01.html | Patrick Kane }}

Output: Patrick Kane at Hockey-Reference.com; Patrick Kane at Hockey-Reference.com

Named parameters[edit]

URL: https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/staaler01.html

Usage: {{Hockey-reference | id= s/staaler01 | name= Eric Staal }}

Output: Eric Staal at Hockey-Reference.com

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined[edit]

Usage: {{Hockey-reference}}

Output: {{Hockey-reference}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData[edit]

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

TemplateData for Hockey-reference

This template displays an external link to an ice hockey player's profile at Hockey-Reference.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Player ID	`id` `1`	The ID portion of the URL for the player's profile, such as k/kanepa01 in https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kanepa01.html. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3598 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P3598	String	optional
Player 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 "(ice hockey)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional