Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London, England.
It allows a link from biographical articles to the NPG's list of portraits of that person.
Usage
- One parameter
{{NPG name | ID }}{{NPG name | id= ID }}
- Two parameters
{{NPG name | ID | NAME }}{{NPG name | id= ID | name= NAME }}
- Using Wikidata
{{NPG name}}{{NPG name | name= NAME }}
Instructions
- Go to
npg
.org .uk and search for the person you want - Click on the correct link to go to the details of a picture of the person you want. Be sure you are getting the right person
- Below the picture and its details, the sitter and the artist should both be listed.
- Click on the link for the sitter
- The page
URL should look like:
https://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp#####- where "#####" indicates a number.
- Copy ONLY that number (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
- Add to the external links section the text:
{{NPG name|id=#####|name=Name}}- where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name
Examples
- Searching for "Harold Wilson", you will reach this page:
- Click on the link for the first picture
- Below the thumbnail picture, you will see the hyperlinked text:
- Sitter: (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916-1995), Prime Minister.
- Click on the link
- The page URL should look like:
- Copy "04868" (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
- Add to the external links section the text:
{{NPG name|id=04868|name=Harold Wilson}}
Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item.
One parameter
- Usage
{{NPG name | 04868 }}{{NPG name | id= 04868 }}
- Output
- Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Two parameters
- Usage
{{NPG name | 04868 | Harold Wilson }}{{NPG name | id= 04868 | name= Harold Wilson }}
- Output
- Portraits of Harold Wilson at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portraits of Harold Wilson at the National Portrait Gallery, London
No parameters and Wikidata property not defined
- Usage
* {{NPG name}}
- Output
Template data
TemplateData for NPG name
This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London, England.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 1 id | The ID number in the URL, including any leading zeros, such as 04868 in https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp04868. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1816 exists, but required if not.
| Number | optional |
| Name | 2 name | Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.
| String | optional |
Tracking categories
Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
| This template is used on approximately 2,100 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
| This external link template is underused, compared to the number of links to the site it represents ( check here). Please help convert those links to make use of this template, for ease of tracking, and ease of interoperability with Wikidata. |
| This template uses Lua: |
This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London, England.
It allows a link from biographical articles to the NPG's list of portraits of that person.
Usage
- One parameter
{{NPG name | ID }}{{NPG name | id= ID }}
- Two parameters
{{NPG name | ID | NAME }}{{NPG name | id= ID | name= NAME }}
- Using Wikidata
{{NPG name}}{{NPG name | name= NAME }}
Instructions
- Go to
npg
.org .uk and search for the person you want - Click on the correct link to go to the details of a picture of the person you want. Be sure you are getting the right person
- Below the picture and its details, the sitter and the artist should both be listed.
- Click on the link for the sitter
- The page
URL should look like:
https://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp#####- where "#####" indicates a number.
- Copy ONLY that number (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
- Add to the external links section the text:
{{NPG name|id=#####|name=Name}}- where "#####" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name
Examples
- Searching for "Harold Wilson", you will reach this page:
- Click on the link for the first picture
- Below the thumbnail picture, you will see the hyperlinked text:
- Sitter: (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916-1995), Prime Minister.
- Click on the link
- The page URL should look like:
- Copy "04868" (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
- Add to the external links section the text:
{{NPG name|id=04868|name=Harold Wilson}}
Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item.
One parameter
- Usage
{{NPG name | 04868 }}{{NPG name | id= 04868 }}
- Output
- Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portraits of NPG name at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Two parameters
- Usage
{{NPG name | 04868 | Harold Wilson }}{{NPG name | id= 04868 | name= Harold Wilson }}
- Output
- Portraits of Harold Wilson at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- Portraits of Harold Wilson at the National Portrait Gallery, London
No parameters and Wikidata property not defined
- Usage
* {{NPG name}}
- Output
Template data
TemplateData for NPG name
This template generates an external link to the catalogue of the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London, England.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID | 1 id | The ID number in the URL, including any leading zeros, such as 04868 in https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person.php?LinkID=mp04868. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P1816 exists, but required if not.
| Number | optional |
| Name | 2 name | Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's {{PAGENAME}}, without disambiguation.
| String | optional |