Wikipedia>Zyxw: /* Examples */ add notes on how to locate page ID

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Examples: add notes on how to locate page ID

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{{Documentation subpage}}
{{High-use}}

{{Template redirect|Chessgames.com player}}
{{Tracks and uses Wikidata|P1665}}
{{Lua|Module:EditAtWikidata|Module:WikidataCheck}}

'''{{NAMESPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' displays an external link to a chess player's page at [[Chessgames.com]]. It is intended for use in the [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]] section of an article.

== Usage ==
; Unnamed parameters
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> }}
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | <var>ID</var> | <var>NAME</var> }}

; Named parameters
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} <var>ID</var> }}
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} <var>ID</var> | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> }}

; Using Wikidata property
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}
: {{tlcw|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | name{{=}} <var>NAME</var> }}

== Examples ==

=== ID in template ===
; Usage in the article [[Fabiano Caruana]], with article name as link text:
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 76172 }}
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} 76172 }}

; Usage with name parameter as link text
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 76172 | Fabiano Caruana }}
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | id{{=}} 76172 | name{{=}} Fabiano Caruana }}

; Output
:* {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 76172 | Fabiano Caruana }}

; URL using numeric ID
: <kbd>[https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76172 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid={{Highlight|76172}}]</kbd>

; Other URL for same page
: <kbd>https://www.chessgames.com/player/fabiano_caruana.html</kbd>
: to find the player ID number, view source and search for number after <code>/perl/chess.pl?page=2&pid=</code>

=== ID in Wikidata ===
; Usage in the article [[Irina Krush]]
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} }}
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}} | name{{=}} Irina Krush }}

; Output
:* {{{{BASEPAGENAME}} | 49592 | Irina Krush }} [[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg |frameless|text-top |10px |alt=Edit this at Wikidata |link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q271436#P1665 |Edit this at Wikidata]]

; URL using numeric ID
: <kbd>[https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49592 https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid={{Highlight|49592}}]</kbd>

; Other URL for same page
: <kbd>https://www.chessgames.com/player/irina_krush.html</kbd>
: to find the player ID number, view source and search for number after <code>/perl/chess.pl?page=2&pid=</code>

=== No ID in template or Wikidata ===
; Usage
: {{tlcw|a=1|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}

; Output
:* {{{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "This template displays an external link to a chess player's page at Chessgames.com. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.",
"params": {
"id": {
"label": "ID",
"aliases": [ "1" ],
"description": "The ID number in the URL, such as 76172 in https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=76172.",
"type": "number",
"required": false
},
"name": {
"label": "Name",
"aliases": [ "2" ],
"description": "Name displayed as the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.",
"type": "string",
"required": false
}
}
}
</templatedata>

== Tracking categories ==
; template with ID
* {{clc|Chessgames player template with ID different from Wikidata}}
* {{clc|Chessgames player template with ID not in Wikidata}}
; template missing ID
* {{clc|Chessgames player template missing ID and not in Wikidata}}

== See also ==

* {{Tl|Cite Chessgames.com game}}

<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Chess external link templates]]
[[Category:People and person external link templates]]
[[Category:External link templates using Wikidata]]
[[Category:Templates that add a tracking category]]
}}</includeonly>

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