IMDb

The following documentation is transcluded from Template:IMDb/doc:

Usage

This template is used to link to the Internet Movie Database website entries. A variable is required giving the end path to the page in question, and a second variable can be used to alter the linking text.

If no initial variables are given, the link will go to the main webpage, such as:

{{IMDb}}

Which would produce:

Internet Movie Database

To link to a page, for example the one for William Shatner, you would have a template call as such:

{{IMDb|name/nm0000638}}

This would produce:

[1]

If displayed text is desired for the link, such as "James T. Kirk", the following format should be used:

{{IMDb|name/nm0000638|James T. Kirk}}

This would produce:

James T. Kirk

If you wish the link to be formatted as an external link, for example on William Shatner's page, the following format should be used:

{{IMDb|name/nm0000638||external}}

This would produce:

William Shatner at the Internet Movie Database

If you wish the external link to display different text, the following format should be used:

{{IMDb|name/nm0000638|James T. Kirk|external}}

This would produce:

James T. Kirk at the Internet Movie Database

A "type" variable can be used to automatically format the displayed link text to the correct format for episodes and films by choosing either "episode" or "title".