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Unknown parameter search[edit]

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Please change line_hide to link_hide in the unknown parameter search per parameter name, change made in sandbox. Thanks, Indagate (talk) 11:26, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^{put'er there} 16:20, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! Indagate (talk) 07:17, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

my pleasure! Paine 07:35, 2 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Annoying "warning"[edit]

What makes this warning/error stop? Preview warning: Template:IMDb episodes should be used for list of episodes. The case in question has nothing to do with episodes or TV, and is a stand-alone movie. — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 11:05, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Which article are you referring to? Assume it has a Wikidata ID that's listed in the template meaning it's being recongised as something like a TV episode, that would need to be changed to reflect what it is. Indagate (talk) 11:16, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please give the exact page as an example. Gonnym (talk) 11:23, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Glossary of cue sports terms — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼 20:43, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

That's not an appropriate use of this template. It should be used as an external link, not as a reference. Indagate (talk) 20:51, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

What Indagate said. Not only should IMDb not be used as a source per WP:RS, this template's only valid use is as an external link template. So while the preview error did not give the correct error message, not a lot we can do when editors completely misuse a template. That said, it did at least inform you something was wrong. Gonnym (talk) 21:47, 20 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

IMDb (identifier) to IMDb[edit]

Can the wikilink in the template be changed from IMDb (identifier) to its proper target at IMDb? — Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 08:38, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Looks was link was changed here by @MJL: so pinging them. Thanks, Indagate (talk) 08:48, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Indagate and Paper Luigi: The redirect is used to avoid cluttering Special:WhatLinksHere/IMDb. –MJL ‐Talk‐^☖ 17:05, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, I see where you're coming from, but what I don't understand is how de-cluttering a special IMDb redirect page a grounds for the inclusion of a disambiguated redirect target in the template? Is there a precedent that you're trying to follow? — Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 07:29, 7 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've thought it over, and, yes, I can see how the special namespace page with inclusion of every article with an IMDb title entry using this template would clutter it quite tremendously. That would be a very, very large increase in links pointed that way. I would just like to be familiar with a policy or guideline that supports this reasoning. — Paper Luigi ^{T • C} 05:54, 19 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

'Category:Pages using IMDb title with no id set' when qid is used[edit]

The template ought to be changed so it doesn't emit Category:Pages using IMDb title with no id set where a parameter |qid= has been used. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 10:05, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give an example of a page this is an issue on? According to the code, if you use |id= or if the wikidata page has P345 (which is what the qid returns), then the page does not appear in the category. This can be an issue if the template is not used on the same page the qid links to, which typically happens when this template is incorrectly used as a reference. Gonnym (talk) 11:01, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

La traviata, where its film versions are referenced with Template:IMDb title. I'm aware that IMDb cannot be used to cite particulars for films, but I understand that it can be used to assert the existence of a film. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:16, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IMDb is user generated so it's value is almost nothing as a source. If you can't find any other source to a film existence, then I don't think it should be even added it to an article. Additionaly, that isn't how IMDb is used in that article. A 1967 film version by Mario Lanfranchi features Anna Moffo as Violetta, Franco Bonisolli as Alfredo, Gino Bechi as Giorgio Germont, and the chorus and orchestra of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, conducted by Giuseppe Patanè are all information that needs to be actually cited. Gonnym (talk) 12:45, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This template should only ever be used in the External links section of an article, never as part of a reference. Indagate (talk) 12:58, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to take care of La traviata when I get a chance. In the meantime, I came across Don Carlos where a bunch of IMDb links appear in "External links", but the article is still categorized as 'Pages using IMDb title with no id set'. What am I missing? -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 13:17, 9 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]