Template:NFL.com player

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Template:NFL.com player displays an external link to an American football player's profile at NFL.com, the official website of the National Football League. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Active player (ID in Wikidata): {{NFL.com player}}; {{NFL.com player | name= Displayed Name }}

Active player (ID in template): {{NFL.com player | firstname-lastname }}; {{NFL.com player | id= firstname-lastname }}; {{NFL.com player | firstname-lastname | Displayed Name }}; {{NFL.com player | id= firstname-lastname | name= Displayed Name }}

Former player (ID in template): {{NFL.com player | firstname-lastname | archive= NUMBER }}; {{NFL.com player | id= firstname-lastname | archive= NUMBER }}; {{NFL.com player | firstname-lastname | Displayed Name | archive= NUMBER }}; {{NFL.com player | id= firstname-lastname | name= Displayed Name | archive= NUMBER }}

Examples

ID in Wikidata or template

Usage in the article Tom Brady: * {{NFL.com player}}; * {{NFL.com player|tom-brady}}; * {{NFL.com player|tom-brady|archive=20200516070320}}

Output

Current URL with first-last ID — Wikidata property NFL.com player ID (P9338): https://www.nfl.com/players/tom-brady/; https://web.archive.org/web/20200516070320/https://www.nfl.com/players/tom-brady/

Former URLs with numeric ID — Wikidata property NFL.com player ID (former scheme) (P3539): http://www.nfl.com/player/wd/2504211/profile (archived 2019); http://www.nfl.com/player/tombrady/2504211/profile (archived 2011)

Other previous URLs with different IDs: http://www.nfl.com/players/profile?id=BRA371156 (archived 2007); http://www.nfl.com/players/tombrady/profile?id=BRA371156 (archived 2007); http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/187741 (archived 2002)

No ID in Wikidata or template

Usage: * {{NFL.com player}}

Output

{{NFL.com player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for NFL.com player

This template displays an external link to an American football player's profile at NFL.com, the official website of the National Football League. 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 portion of the URL, such as tom-brady in https://www.nfl.com/players/tom-brady/. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P9338 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P9338 Example tom-brady	String	optional
Name	`name` `2`	The link text, which should be the name of the player. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(football player)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}} Example Tom Brady	String	optional
Internet Archive date/time	`archive`	A number indicating the date and time of an archive at the Internet Archive website, such as 20200516070320 in https://web.archive.org/web/20200516070320/https://www.nfl.com/players/tom-brady/ (2020-05-16 07:03:20 archive of https://www.nfl.com/players/tom-brady/). Example 20200516070320	Number	optional

Tracking categories

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