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Warning: As a (partially) user-generated content tertiary source, IMDb cannot be fully trusted as a referencing material, and therefore should not be considered for usage in references, to the exception of the news they used to publish (see example bellow). Images can be sourced using IMDb when credits are present.

Usage

Copy the template code below and paste it into the appropriate place in an article. Fill in the required fields plus as many of the optional fields as necessary and remove any that you don't use.

{{IMDb|url=|text=|archivedate=|archiveurl=|archivefile=|nobackup=|nolive=}}

Required parameters

  • |url= URL of the web page, minus the domain name (https://www.imdb.com/).
  • |text= Name of the page being cited. Do not provide if it's the same as the article name.
  • For archive options, see Backup links below.

Optional parameters

  • |nolive= When the original online content is no longer available, add "|nolive=1".

Backup links

Information icon Instructions for providing a backup link

In accordance with our Sourcing policy, all links to external sites must include a link to a backup version, preferably using Internet Archive. Instances that do not include one of the following parameters will result in the page being placed in the maintenance category. Please only use one of the following parameters.

  • |archivedate=20251214140615
    This parameter uses the timestamp feature of Internet Archive. The URL supplied earlier in the template, along with archivedate, will provide a link to Internet Archive.
  • |archiveurl=https://archive.is/EfD8P
    If Internet Archive does not work for the link in question, you can use archiveurl to provide a full URL to another backup website, such as archive.today.
  • |archivefile=File:Jon_Favreau_The_Mandalorian.png
    If none of the archiving sites work, then upload a screenshot of the page, add {{Notorphan}} to the file page and include it in this category and on this page, and provide a link to the file (per Wookieepedia:Mofferences/June 29, 2014).
  • |nobackup=1
    If no backup link can be found for content that is no longer available, this parameter can be used. If the content is still available, you can screenshot and upload it to Wookieepedia instead.
  • |nolive=1
    If the original content is no longer available, this parameter can be used, which will make the template add "content now obsolete;" to the citation. This may also mean a backup link can no longer be provided, and therefore may be used as well as |nobackup=1. Some citation templates such as {{SWArchive}} link to older content that is known to be no longer available, and therefore automatically default to |nolive=1 without the need to add the parameter manually.
  • |oldversion=1
    If a reference needs to cite an older version of a page for content that has been removed from the version saved in ArchiveAccess, this parameter must be used. This suppresses the tracking categories for custom archive values, and protects the reference from replacement by C4-DE Bot.

Note that for citation templates using a central repository, archivedate and archiveurl values must be added to the repository, and not on the individual instance of those templates. If this template uses one, it is located at Module:ArchiveAccess/IMDb.

Example(s)

Media

{{IMDb|title/tt0076759|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope}}

Results in:

IMDb Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope at the Internet Movie Database

Person

{{IMDb|name/nm0000184|George Lucas}}

Results in:

IMDb George Lucas at the Internet Movie Database

News

{{IMDb|url=news/sb/1999-03-11#film1|text=Not So Far Away|archivedate=20081216021009|nolive=1}}

Results in:

IMDb Not So Far Away at the Internet Movie Database (original link is obsolete)