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Use Wikidata to fill missing ID

If the ID is missing from the template it should be populated from Wikidata similar to how {{IMDb title}} does the same thing. See Template:IMDb title#Wikidata for more information. Does anyone know how to change the template to incorporate this feature?

Apparently this was discussed back in 2013 here. Pinging the involved editors there: Dl2000, Gabbe, and WOSlinker. - PaulT+/C 14:01, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Do you an example page that uses this template and has the IMDb info on the corresponding wikidata page? As I had a look at a few random pages and couldn't find any myself. -- WOSlinker (talk) 14:07, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Chernobyl (miniseries) has the Wikidata item and (currently) uses both the {{IMDb title}} and {{IMDb episodes}} templates. (Presumably it could also be used as an example for the other {{IMDb}} templates as well.) - PaulT+/C 14:18, 12 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

For a page like Community (season 3), I think it would be useful for the IMDB episodes link to point at the specific season that the wiki page is about. Kinda like Template:TV.com episodes does/allows.

Could that be done? Has it been considered/discussed? Bsammon (talk) 03:22, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Hm... looking at the sourcecode for the template, looks like it's been mostly done, but not as fully as the TV.com one, and not documented apparently. adding "season=SEASON" changes the destination URL generated, but it doesn't change the link text. Bsammon (talk) 03:34, 27 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This should be smarter

It would be great if this template were as smart as {{IMDb title}}, which can find the IMDb ID number at Wikidata if it exists there. (Not sure I'm up for trying to implement this myself.) - dcljr (talk) 12:13, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]