Template talk:IMDb name

Template:IMDb nameispermanentlyprotectedfrom editingbecause it is aheavily used or highly visible template.Substantial changes should first be proposed and discussed here on this page. If the proposal is uncontroversial or has been discussed and is supported byconsensus,editors may use {{edit template-protected}} to notify an administrator or template editor to make the requested edit. Usually, any contributor may edit the template'sdocumentationto add usage notes orcategories.

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Fun little external link icon

If you have a browser that shows theexternal linkicon () then you can set any IMDb links to show its own icon ()

Check outm:Help:User stylefor more info on CSS selectors.

Edit your "User:{your login}/monobook.css" (replace {your login} with your username) and add:

#bodyContent a[href *= "imdb /" ],
#bodyContent a[href *= "imdb.co.uk/" ] {
background: url(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/IMDb_external.png) center right no-repeat;
padding-right: 13px;
}

Once you save the page, you may need to hold Shift and click Reload.

Please see help onm:Help:User style

Do you see it here on this plain link?
or on this interwiki link?

— Precedingunsignedcomment added byFitch(talk•contribs) 01:25, 12 January 2006

Template-protected edit request on 8 June 2023

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on line 8. This makes the link target also changed by the name parameter for its usecase.Aaron Liu(talk)19:48, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Is it me? or is there one extra{{{that has not been closed with}}}?P.I. Ellsworth ,ed.^{put'er there}22:57, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

You are correct, that has been fixed. I confused the parameter with the magic word.Aaron Liu(talk)23:06, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

ToeditorAaron Liu:now it looks like the{{urlencode:has not been closed with}}.EditorTrappist the monkis correct. This needs to be tested thoroughly. Please reopen this request after successful testing has been performed.P.I. Ellsworth ,ed.^{put'er there}23:38, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I would recommend against this change without there is some sort of testing that proves that it works. That is why we have ~/testcases pages; proper testing would have caught that error.

—Trappist the monk(talk)23:20, 8 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the advice, I have now made fixed changes to the sandbox and results can be seen inTemplate:IMDb name/testcases.The only testcases that don't pass are where the new behavior takes effect, so I believe this is a success.Aaron Liu(talk)00:19, 9 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Paine Ellsworth@Trappist the monkWould you like to review this again?Aaron Liu(talk)13:52, 15 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Completed.P.I. Ellsworth ,ed.^{put'er there}15:59, 16 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 12 June 2023

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Fix link to redirect at "IMDb name at IMDb" - IMDb links toIMDb (identifier)instead ofIMDb.Eurohunter(talk) 16:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)Eurohunter(talk)16:24, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Not done. The purpose of[[IMDb (identifier)]]in this template is to prevent this template, used in ~152,000 articles from contaminatingSpecial:WhatLinksHere/IMDb.Similar redirects exist for|isbn=,|pmc=,|doi=,etc parameters in cs1|2 templates (and the matching{{ISBN}},{{PMC}},{{DOI}},etc templates).

—Trappist the monk(talk)16:55, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Another editor inappropriatelychanged[[IMDb (identifier)|IMDb]]to[[IMDb]].I haverestoredthe redirect.

—Trappist the monk(talk)00:55, 17 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]