Template:S2a3 name/doc

The Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (s2a3) has a biographical database of southern African scientists on its website. This template generates an external link to a specific scientist on that database.

Usage
No parameters (uses Wikidata):

One parameter:

Two parameters:

Instructions

 * 1) Go to www.s2a3.org.za/bio/List_names.php and search for the person you want
 * 2) Copy the number (Serial) to the left of the person's name
 * 3) Add to the external links section the text:
 * where ##### is the number you've copied, and Name is the person's name
 * where ##### is the number you've copied, and Name is the person's name

One parameter
If only the id parameter is used the name parameter defaults to the name of the page on which the template is placed. Usage:

Output:

Two parameters
Usage:

Output:

TemplateData
{       "description": "This template generates an external link to the biographical database of southern African scientists at the Southern Africa Association for the Advancement of Science (s2a3).", "params": { "id": { "label": "ID", "description": "ID number used in the URL, including any leading zeros.", "type": "number", "required": true, "aliases": [ "1" ] },		"name": { "label": "Name", "description": "Name displayed in the link text. If not specified it defaults to the article's, without disambiguation.", "type": "string", "required": false, "aliases": [ "2" ] }	} }

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