Template:AllMovie name

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Template:AllMovie name displays an external link to a page for an artist (person, animal, or company) at the AllMovie website (formerly known as All Movie Guide and AllRovi). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

For external links to films and television series, use {{AllMovie title}} instead.

Usage

Unnamed parameters:

{{AllMovie name | ID }}

{{AllMovie name | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters:

{{AllMovie name | id= ID }}

{{AllMovie name | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property P2019:

{{AllMovie name}}

{{AllMovie name | name= NAME }}

Instructions

Go to AllMovie and search for the artist you want.
Click on the correct link to go to the artist's page. Be sure you're getting the right artist.
The page URL should look like this:
https://www.allmovie.com/artist/name-p#####

or https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p#####

where ##### indicates a number
Add this text to the External links section:
* {{AllMovie name | ##### | NAME }}

or * {{AllMovie name | id= ##### | name= NAME }}

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

and NAME is the artist's name (default is the article name)

Examples

Person

Unnamed parameters: {{AllMovie name | 112325 | Steven Spielberg }}; Steven Spielberg at AllMovie

Named parameters: {{AllMovie name | id= 112325 | name= Steven Spielberg }}; Steven Spielberg at AllMovie

Former URLs (redirects to current URL): https://www.allmovie.com/artist/steven-spielberg-p112325; https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p112325

Current URLs (different ID number): https://www.allmovie.com/artist/steven-spielberg-vn6779235; https://www.allmovie.com/artist/vn6779235

Animal

Unnamed parameters: {{AllMovie name | 35624 | Jiggs the Chimpanzee }}; Jiggs the Chimpanzee at AllMovie

Named parameters: {{AllMovie name | id= 35624 | name= Jiggs the Chimpanzee }}; Jiggs the Chimpanzee at AllMovie

Former URLs (redirect to current URL): https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jiggs-the-monkey-p35624; https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p35624

Current URLs (different ID number): https://www.allmovie.com/artist/jiggs-the-chimpanzee-vn15284481; https://www.allmovie.com/artist/vn15284481

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage: {{AllMovie name}}

Output: {{AllMovie name}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for AllMovie name

This template displays an external link to a page for an artist (person, animal, or company) at the AllMovie website (formerly known as All Movie Guide and AllRovi). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
id	`id` `1`	The "id" parameter (or unnamed parameter "1") should contain the ID portion of the URL. Example: 112325 is the ID portion of https://www.allmovie.com/artist/steven-spielberg-p112325 or https://www.allmovie.com/artist/p112325. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P3351 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P3351	Number	optional
name	`name` `2`	The "name" parameter (or unnamed parameter "2") may be used to specify the link text, which should be the name of the subject of the link. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(actor)" or "(director)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

Category:Pages using AllMovie name with unknown parameters (11)