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This template is used to create an external link to YouTube in the ==External links== section. It may also be used for other YouTube links such as those in ((External media)).
This is not a citation template. Use ((cite AV media)) to provide bibliographic citations in footnotes. Alternatively, use ((cite news)) if the video is a newscast, or ((cite episode)) if the video is in an episodic format.
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|VIDEOID))
((YouTube|id=VIDEOID))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|VIDEOID|TITLE))
((YouTube|id=VIDEOID|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
Examples (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|9bZkp7q19f0|"Gangnam Style"))
* ((YouTube|id=9bZkp7q19f0|title="Gangnam Style"))
Usage:
((YouTube|id=VIDEOID|time=TIMESTAMP))
((YouTube|id=VIDEOID|t=TIMESTAMP))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples:
((YouTube|id=9bZkp7q19f0|time=3m2s))
((YouTube|id=9bZkp7q19f0|time=122))
((YouTube|id=9bZkp7q19f0|t=3m2s))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|c=CHANNELID))
((YouTube|channel=CHANNELID))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|c=CHANNELID|TITLE))
((YouTube|c=CHANNELID|title=TITLE))
((YouTube|channel=CHANNELID|TITLE))
((YouTube|channel=CHANNELID|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|c=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ))
* ((YouTube|channel=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|c=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ|#Music))
* ((YouTube|channel=UC-9-kyTW8ZkZNDHQJ6FgpwQ|title=#Music))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|h=HANDLE))
((YouTube|handle=HANDLE))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|h=HANDLE|TITLE))
((YouTube|h=HANDLE|title=TITLE))
((YouTube|handle=HANDLE|TITLE))
((YouTube|handle=HANDLE|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|h=PewDiePie))
* ((YouTube|handle=PewDiePie))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|h=PewDiePie|PewDiePie))
* ((YouTube|handle=PewDiePie|title=PewDiePie))
Example (3 parameters):
* ((YouTube|handle=officialBEG|title=Brown Eyed Girls|suffix='))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|u=USERNAME))
((YouTube|user=USERNAME))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|u=USERNAME|TITLE))
((YouTube|u=USERNAME|title=TITLE))
((YouTube|user=USERNAME|TITLE))
((YouTube|user=USERNAME|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|u=pewdiepie))
* ((YouTube|user=pewdiepie))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|u=pewdiepie|PewDiePie))
* ((YouTube|user=pewdiepie|title=PewDiePie))
Example (3 parameters):
* ((YouTube|user=officialBEG|title=Brown Eyed Girls|suffix='))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|custom=CUSTOMURL))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|custom=CUSTOMURL|TITLE))
((YouTube|custom=CUSTOMURL|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Example (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|custom=officialBEG))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|custom=officialBEG|Brown Eyed Girls))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|s=SHOWID))
((YouTube|show=SHOWID))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|s=SHOWID|TITLE))
((YouTube|s=SHOWID|title=TITLE))
((YouTube|show=SHOWID|TITLE))
((YouTube|show=SHOWID|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|s=SCWdVLvom3QaFGxEKNASntaA))
* ((YouTube|show=SCWdVLvom3QaFGxEKNASntaA))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|s=SCWdVLvom3QaFGxEKNASntaA|Star Trek: The Original Series))
* ((YouTube|show=SCWdVLvom3QaFGxEKNASntaA|title=Star Trek: The Original Series))
Usage (one parameter):
((YouTube|p=PLAYLISTID))
((YouTube|playlist=PLAYLISTID))
Usage (two parameters):
((YouTube|p=PLAYLISTID|TITLE))
((YouTube|p=PLAYLISTID|title=TITLE))
((YouTube|playlist=PLAYLISTID|TITLE))
((YouTube|playlist=PLAYLISTID|title=TITLE))
Parameter descriptions:
Examples (1 parameter):
* ((YouTube|p=PLrEnWoR732-DZV1Jc8bUpVTF_HTPbywpE))
* ((YouTube|playlist=PLrEnWoR732-DZV1Jc8bUpVTF_HTPbywpE))
Example (2 parameters):
* ((YouTube|p=PLrEnWoR732-DZV1Jc8bUpVTF_HTPbywpE|Learn Something New))
* ((YouTube|playlist=PLrEnWoR732-DZV1Jc8bUpVTF_HTPbywpE|title=Learn Something New))
The link to YouTube can be suppressed with the parameter |link=no
. Example:
* ((YouTube|9bZkp7q19f0|"PSY - GANGNAM STYLE(강남스타일) M/V"|link=no))
The template will display an error message if no parameters are provided.
* ((YouTube))
It will display an error message if the parameter provided is not known.
* ((YouTube|ID=test))
TemplateData for YouTube
Use this to create an external link to YouTube in the External links section. This is not a citation template.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
YouTube video id | id 1 | The video id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= in the URL
| String | suggested |
Timestamp | time t | The timestamp within the video for the link target; usually appears after &t= in the full URL or ?t= in a shortened URL
| String | optional |
YouTube channel id | channel c | The channel id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/channel/ in the URL
| String | suggested |
YouTube channel handle | handle h | The user name which appears after https://www.youtube.com/@ in the URL
| String | optional |
YouTube legacy username | user u | The user name which appears after https://www.youtube.com/user/ in the URL
| String | optional |
YouTube channel custom URL fragment slug | custom | The channel custom URL slug which appears after https://www.youtube.com/c/ in the URL
| String | optional |
YouTube show id | show s | The show id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/show/ in the URL
| String | suggested |
YouTube playlist id | playlist p | The playlist id which appears after https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list= in the URL
| String | suggested |
Title | title 2 | The name of the page being linked to
| String | suggested |
Channel title suffix | suffix | Text immediately after the channel title. It is only to be used in the rare occasion that the channel title is a compound noun ending in S, and making it possessive does not repeat the S sound.
| String | optional |
Link on | link | Set this parameter to no to suppress the link to the YouTube article
| String | optional |
|title=
parameter.