Template:TV Guide person

{{{name}}} at TV Guide

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Template:TV Guide person displays an external link to a page for a person at the TV Guide website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

{{TV Guide person | ID }}

{{TV Guide person | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters

{{TV Guide person | id= ID }}

{{TV Guide person | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property

{{TV Guide person}}

{{TV Guide person | name= NAME }}

Instructions

1. Go to TVGuide.com and search for the person you want.
2. Click on the correct link to go to the person's page. Be sure you're getting the right person.
3. The page URL should look like:

   https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/first-last/#######/

   and "#######" indicates a number.

4. Add this text to the External links section:

   {{TV Guide person | ####### | Name }}

   where ####### is the number you've copied

   and Name is the person's name (default is article name).

Examples

Current ID number (10 digits)

Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text

* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text

* {{TV Guide person | 3030173187 | Pauley Perrette }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 3030173187 | name= Pauley Perrette }}

Output

• Pauley Perrette at TV Guide

URL in template

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/3030173187/

Full URL

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pauley-perrette/3030173187/

Former ID number (6 or 7 digits)

Usage in the article Pauley Perrette, with article name as link text

* {{TV Guide person | 190740 }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 }}

Usage with name parameter as link text

* {{TV Guide person | 190740 | Pauley Perrette }}

* {{TV Guide person | id= 190740 | name= Pauley Perrette }}

Output

• Pauley Perrette at TV Guide

URL in template

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/190740/

Full URL

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pauley-perrette/190740/

ID in Wikidata

Usage in the article Vanessa Williams

* {{TV Guide person}}

* {{TV Guide person | name= Vanessa Williams }}

Output

• Vanessa Williams at TV Guide Error creating thumbnail: File missing

URL in template

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/-/288378/

Full URL

https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/vanessa-williams/288378/

No ID in template or Wikidata

Usage

* {{TV Guide person}}

Output

• TV Guide person at TV Guide

See also

• {{TV Guide show}} which uses Wikidata property (P3804)
• {{TV Guide movie}}
• Selected filmography … examples of other templates

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