Template:YouTube/doc

For the navigation template, see Template:YouTube navigation.

For the user template, see Template:YouTube user.

Usage

See also: Wikipedia:External links/Perennial websites

Video links

{{YouTube|id=id|title=title}}

• id is the "YouTube id" which appears as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id
• title gives an optional description that may replace the default title "Video"
• Example: {{YouTube|id=9wuGq4haOs0|title="Nessun dorma"}} produces "Nessun dorma" on YouTube

Show links

{{YouTube|show=showname|title}}

• show is the "YouTube show name" which appears as http://www.youtube.com/show/showname
• title gives an optional description that may replace the default title (PAGENAME)

Note

The show field may be abbreviated as s

{{YouTube|s=showname|title}}

Show id links

{{YouTube|showid=showidcode|title}}

• showid is the "YouTube show name" which appears as http://www.youtube.com/show?p=showidcode
• title gives an optional description that may replace the default title (PAGENAME)

Note

The showid field may be abbreviated as sid

{{YouTube|sid=showidcode|title}}

User channel links

{{YouTube|user=userchannelname|title}}

• user is the "YouTube user channel name" which appears as http://www.youtube.com/user/userchannelname
• title gives an optional description that may replace the default title (PAGENAME)

Note

The user field may be specified using channel or simply u

{{YouTube|channel=userchannelname|title}}

{{YouTube|u=userchannelname|title}}

Supress wikilink

The link to YouTube can be suppressed with the parameter |link=no.

• Example: {{YouTube|id=9wuGq4haOs0|title="Nessun dorma"|link=no}} produces "Nessun dorma" on YouTube

See also

• {{cite video}} – when citing audio and visual media sources this template should be used instead
• {{Google videos}} – for linking to Google Videos, when not citing, usually in external links
• All wikipedia pages linked to http://*.youtube.com and to https://*.youtube.com