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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.
Note that this template makes it clear that it "has" various Wikidata property elements, it does not automatically "use" the information stored in Wikidata – the VIDEOID, CHANNELID, HANDLE, USERNAME, SHOWID or PLAYLISTID alphanumeric parameters mentioned below must be entered by hand in the template.
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.