Template:IMDb event/doc

Template:IMDb event generates links to Internet Movie Database events pages.

Usage
The required parameter is just the ID number (for backward compatibility, the parameter can be named id) and the template then uses the article title as the anchor text:



To have the link text be other than the article name, use second parameter (for backward compatibility, it can be named event):

You can also include the year of an event using year (the event name is optional):

Detailed instructions

 * 1) Copy and paste one of the options above into the article
 * 2) Go to https://www.imdb.com and search for the event you want (say, MTV Movie Awards)
 * 3) You then reach the page with URL looking like   (or other 7-digit number)
 * 4) Copy only that number (here, " "), omitting the " " but keep all the leading zeros (though IMDb currently seems to be able to add them as needed)
 * 5) Replace " " in the template code with the number
 * 6) For the first option above, you'll then have
 * resulting in:
 * Note that the link text is the same as the title of the page the template is used on; outside the page "MTV Movie Awards", use the second option:
 * 1) Replace " " with the number and " " with " "
 * results in:
 * results in:

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