Template:New York Times topic/doc

It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

 * Unnamed parameters (old ID)


 * Named parameters (old ID)


 * Named parameters (new ID)


 * Using Wikidata property

Instructions

 * 1) Find a New York Times topic page. The URL will need to look like   (formerly  ) where   is the URL directory path portion to be used. The former URL uses a different string for   than the current URL (see examples below).
 * 2) Provide the URL path portion as the template's first parameter. Do not include any leading or trailing slash.
 * 3) Provide an optional name as the second parameter. If no name is provided for the second parameter, the template will use the name of the Wikipedia article.

One parameter

 * Former URL (redirects to current URL)


 * Current URL


 * Usage


 * Output

Two parameters

 * Former URL (redirects to current URL)


 * Current URL


 * Usage


 * Output

No ID in template or Wikidata

 * Usage


 * Output

TemplateData
{	"description": "This template generates an external link to a topic page at The Guardian website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.", "params": { "id": { "label": "Old ID", "aliases" : [ "1" ], "description": "The \"id\" parameter (or unnamed parameter \"1\") may be used to specify the ID portion of the former URL (which redirects to the current URL). Example: people/r/susan_e_rice is the ID in http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/susan_e_rice/index.html. This parameter is optional when using the \"new_id\" parameter or if Wikidata property P3221 exists, but required if not.", "type": "string", "required": false },		"new_id": { "label": "New ID", "description": "The \"new_id\" parameter may be used to specify the ID portion of the current URL. Example: person/susan-rice is the ID in https://www.nytimes.com/topic/person/susan-rice. This parameter is optional when using the \"id\" parameter or unnamed parameter \"1\" or if Wikidata property P3221 exists, but required if not.", "type": "string", "required": false, "default": "Wikidata property P3221" },		"name": { "label": "Name", "aliases" : [ "2" ], "description": "The \"name\" parameter (or unnamed parameter \"2\") may be used to specify the topic name, which is displayed in the link text. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation.", "type": "string", "required": false, "default": "" }	},	"paramOrder": [ "id", "new_id", "name" ] }

Tracking categories

 * ID parameter does not exist