Template:Metacritic video game/doc
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Template:Metacritic video game displays an external link to a web page for a video game at the Metacritic website. It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.
- For a film, use {{Metacritic film}}
- For a television series or made-for-TV movie, use {{Metacritic television}}
- For a music album, use {{Metacritic album}}
Usage
[edit]- Unnamed parameters
{{Metacritic video game | ID }}
{{Metacritic video game | ID | TITLE }}
- Named parameters
{{Metacritic video game | id= ID }}
{{Metacritic video game | id= ID | title= TITLE }}
{{Metacritic video game | id= ID | title= TITLE | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID }}
- Using Wikidata property Metacritic game ID (P12054)
{{Metacritic video game}}
{{Metacritic video game | title= TITLE }}
- Using Wikidata property Metacritic game ID (P12054) with qid
{{Metacritic video game | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID}}
{{Metacritic video game | title= TITLE | qid= WIKIDATA ITEM ID}}
Instructions
[edit]id
: the game's Metacritic.com URL afterhttps://www.metacritic.com/game/
.- E.g.,
https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/psychonauts
- redirects to
https://www.metacritic.com/game/psychonauts/
- → use
psychonauts
- → use
https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fez
- redirects to
https://www.metacritic.com/game/fez/
- → use
fez
- → use
https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/tokyo-jungle
- redirects to
https://www.metacritic.com/game/tokyo-jungle/
- → use
tokyo-jungle
- → use
https://www.metacritic.com/game/baldurs-gate-3/
- → use
baldurs-gate-3
- → use
- It should have hyphens instead of spaces.
title
is the game's title (optional, otherwise defaults to the Wikipedia article's title)
Examples
[edit]When listing in a bulleted external links section, remember to add an asterisk (*
) before the template for the bullet.
Unnamed parameters
[edit]- URL
- https://www.metacritic.com/game/dreamcast/power-stone-2
- redirects to https://www.metacritic.com/game/power-stone-2/
- Usage
* {{Metacritic video game | dreamcast/power-stone-2 | Power Stone 2 }}
* {{Metacritic video game | power-stone-2 | Power Stone 2 }}
- Output
- Usage
* {{Metacritic video game | resident-evil-4 | Resident Evil 4 }}
- Output
Named parameters
[edit]- Usage
* {{Metacritic video game | id= pc/portal | title= Portal }}
* {{Metacritic video game | id= portal | title= Portal }}
* {{Metacritic video game | title= Portal | qid= Q274897 }}
Output:
- Portal at Metacritic
- Portal at Metacritic
- Portal at Metacritic
No ID in template or Wikidata
[edit]- Usage
* {{Metacritic video game}}
- Output
-
- {{Metacritic video game}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Tracking categories
[edit]The following are also used by {{Metacritic album}}, {{Metacritic film}}, and {{Metacritic television}}:
- Category:Metacritic ID not in Wikidata (0)
- Category:Metacritic ID different from Wikidata (0)
- Category:Metacritic ID same as Wikidata (0)