Tɛmplet:Soccerbase/doc

Tɛmplet: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 (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

Instructions

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

   {{Soccerbase}}

Alternative method

1. 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

2. Searching for "David Beckham", you'll reach this page: https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=547
3. 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

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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

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

template with ID

• Category:Soccerbase player ID different from Wikidata (0)
• Category:Soccerbase player ID not in Wikidata (0)
• Category:Soccerbase template using non-numeric ID (0)

template missing ID

• Category:Soccerbase template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)

See also

• Template:Soccerbase manager – Wikidata property P2195
• Template:Soccerbase referee – Wikidata property P7465
• Template:Soccerbase season

External links

• Players page at Soccerbase.com