Template talk:YouTube

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Article requests : see list.
Assess : Apply the assessment scale on Unknown-importance YouTube articles + Unassessed YouTube articles
Cleanup : See cleanup listing
Maintain : This WikiProject
Stubs : Category:Stub-Class YouTube articles
Other :
- Substitute {{WikiProject YouTube/Invite Members}} on user talk pages
- Check out edit requests on Talk:List of YouTubers

This template was considered for deletion on 2006 June 16. The result of the discussion was "withdrawn by nominator (Keep)".

This template was considered for deletion on 2009 March 30. The result of the discussion was "Keep".

Broken links being generated?

YouTube appears to be now 404ing /user/CHANNEL_NAME links, which should now just be /CHANNEL_NAME on the YouTube domain. See for example these template invocations that are broken but bare links work fine:

AmiYamato's channel on YouTube
@AmiYamato's channel on YouTube

lizthegrey (talk) 17:33, 30 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Those links will work via the template's custom URL feature: {{YouTube|custom=AmiYamato|AmiYamato}} and {{YouTube|custom=@AmiYamato|@AmiYamato}}:

AmiYamato's channel on YouTube and @AmiYamato's channel on YouTube -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 02:59, 1 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Archive link

It may be beneficial to allow the use of archived links for videos that have been deleted. InfiniteNexus (talk) 06:52, 15 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

How to use url

i want to put url for a music video but that url start with https://youtu.be/, and this template also not supporting that url.is there any alternatives.
--KEmel49 (talk) 19:08, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

youtu.be links are blacklisted on Wikipedia due to spam. You'll need to convert them to youtube.com links. (If you don't know how to do that, just replace https://youtu.be/ with https://youtube.com/watch?v=.) InfiniteNexus (talk) 19:08, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@InfiniteNexus,

still not working.By the way can you do ii.Here is the link=https://youtu.be/yXY-NxGYxlg?si=jfO6GSW3aK_HZVLx.

Here is the article-Achen Amar Muktar.

--KEmel49 (talk) 04:55, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I overlooked what talk page I was on. If you're using this template, you just need the video ID, i.e. the part after the URL (yXY-NxGYxlg). But

Done. InfiniteNexus (talk) 23:52, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brace/bracket mangling

This template starts with a [ but then has multiple closing ] in different branches. This makes it really hard to follow what's going on, as text editors can't simply jump between matching brackets.

It seems like this would be easier to read - and to manage future additions - if it were split up like:

   
    {{youtube-selector | {{replace | {{delink | <nowiki />
                                                {{{title|{{#if:{{{id|}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2|}}} }} }}} }}
                                   | ] | &#93; }}
                       | {{{suffix|{{{s|}}}}}}
                       | {{{link|full}}}
                       | {{{time|{{{t|}}}}}}
                       | c={{{channel|{{{c|}}}}}}
                       | h={{{handle|{{{h|}}}}}}
                       | u={{{user|{{{u|}}}}}}
                       | x={{{custom|}}}
                       | s={{{show|{{{s|}}}}}}
                       | p={{{playlist|{{{p|}}}}}}
                       | i={{{id|{{Trim|{{{1|}}}}}}}}

    }}
    {{#ifexpr:{{#expr:
                  {{#if:{{{channel|}}}  |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{c|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{custom|}}}   |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{handle|}}}   |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{h|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{id|}}}       |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{playlist|}}} |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{p|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{show|}}}     |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{s|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{user|}}}     |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{u|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{2|}}}        |1|0}}+
                  {{#if:{{{title|}}}
                       | {{#if:{{{1|{{{2|}}}}}} |1|0}}
                                                  |0}}
              }} > 1
     | {{Namespace detect
         | talk= | wikipedia= | help= | template= | module=
         | other=[[Category:Articles using YouTube with invalid parameters]]<!-- duplicate parameter -->
       }}
    }}
    {{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters
             | check
             | unknown={{main other|[[Category:Pages using YouTube with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]}}
             | preview=Page using [[Template:YouTube]] with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"
             | ignoreblank=y
             | 1 | 2 | c | channel | custom | h | handle | id | link | p | playlist
             | s | show | suffix | t | time | title | u | user }}
    <noinclude>{{documentation}}</noinclude>

In youtube-selector have:

   
    {{#if:{{{c|}}} | {{youtube-channel  | {{{c}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{h|}}} | {{youtube-handle   | {{{h}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{u|}}} | {{youtube-user     | {{{u}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{x|}}} | {{youtube-custom   | {{{x}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{s|}}} | {{youtube-show     | {{{s}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{p|}}} | {{youtube-playlist | {{{p}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
    {{#if:{{{i|}}} | {{youtube-watch    | {{{i}}} | {{{1|}}} | {{{2}}} | {{{3}}} | {{{4}}} }} |
                     {{error|Error:No page id specified}}
                     {{Namespace detect
                       | talk= | wikipedia= | help= | template= | module=
                       | other=[[Category:Articles using YouTube with invalid parameters]] <!-- missing parameter -->
                     }}
                     }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

In youtube-channel have:

   
    [https://www.youtube.com/channel/{{{1}}}
    {{#if:{{{2|}}} | <span class="plainlinks">{{{2}}}</span>
                   | {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
    }}
    {{{3|'s}}}
    channel]
    {{youtube-cite|channel|{{{4}}}}}

In youtube-watch have:

   
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v={{{1}}}{{#if:{{{5}}}|&t={{{5}}}}}
     {{#if:{{{2|}}} | <span class="plainlinks">{{{2}}}</span>
                    | Video
     }}
    ]
    {{youtube-cite|video|{{{4}}}}}

... and similarly for youtube-handle, youtube-user, youtube-custom, youtube-show, and youtube-playlist.

In youtube-cite have:

   
    {{#switch:{{{2}}} | hide |
                      | no   | on YouTube
                      | full | on [[YouTube {{{1}}} (identifier)|YouTube]]
    }}

Martin Kealey (talk) 03:17, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(yes I know some white-space will need to be removed from my proposed templates) Martin Kealey (talk) 03:25, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The sandbox is available for testing. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:12, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Entirely hide the "on Youtube" citation

Backhouse Lecture mostly comprises a table that has a column for links to resources in different media; currently it does not use this template as the words "on Youtube" would constitute excessive clutter.

I would like to request a way to suppress this wording by way of an additional parameter, perhaps {{{1}}}. (This is included in my proposed template set elsewhere in this talk page.) Martin Kealey (talk) 03:29, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This isn't a citation template. {{Cite AV media}} should be used for that. Gonnym (talk) 13:56, 17 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 1 November 2024

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YouTube has a new 2024 logo. 64.114 etc 05:13, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing to be changed in this template as it doesn't use any logo. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 05:47, 1 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]