Template:Isfdb name
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Isfdb name at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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[edit] Usage
The isfdb name template message is usually placed in the References or External links section of a speculative fiction author or artist's Wikipedia article to link it to that person's bibliography on the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). The tag is intended to inform people that a detailed author bibliography is available on ISFDB as a support reference for the article.
If an author or artist's name on Wikipedia exactly matches the name used on ISFDN then add {{isfdb name}} to the References or External links section for the author or artist. If the Wikipedia article is on a disambiguated page such as John Brunner (novelist) or you wish to link to a pseudonym used by the author then use the template with the id and name parameters; {{isfdb name|id=John_Brunner|name=John Brunner}}.
[edit] Examples
The following examples assume you are adding the template to the Isaac Asimov article.
Link where where the author's name exactly matches the name used on ISFDB
* {{isfdb name}}
displays as
and links to http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Isaac_Asimov
Override just the link to the bibliography on ISFDB. This would most often be used on author disambiguation pages or where for some reason there's a slight difference in the formatting or spelling of an author's name between Wikipedia and the ISFDB. For example, from John Brunner (novelist) disambiguated article you can use
* {{isfdb name|John_Brunner}}
which displays as
and links to http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?John_Brunner
Override both the display name and link such to link to the bibliography for an author's pseudonym
* {{isfdb name|id=George_E._Dale|name=George E. Dale}}
displays as
and links to to http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?George_E._Dale
