Template talk:NPG name

This is a template to generate links to National Portrait Gallery, England.

Instructions

 * 1) Go to npg.org.uk and search for the person you want
 * 2) Click on the correct link to go to the deatils of a picture of the person you want. Be sure you are getting the right person
 * 3) Below the picture and its details, the sitter and the artist should both be listed. #Click on the link for the sitter
 * 4) The page URL should look like http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp#######, where "#######" indicates a number.
 * 5) Copy ONLY that number (be sure to remove the "mp" and to keep all the zeros)
 * 6) Add to the external links section the text:
 * where "#######" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name
 * where "#######" is the number you've copied, and "Name" is the person's name

Example

 * 1) Searching for "Harold Wilson", you will reach this page: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portList.asp?search=sp&sText=Harold+Wilson
 * 2) Click on the link for the first picture
 * 3) Below the thumbnail picture, you will see the hyperlinked text:
 * Sitter: (James) Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (1916-1995), Prime Minister.


 * 1) Click on the link
 * 2) From the URL of the page displayed,
 * 3) Copy "04868" and then write:

The result is

Note that, since this will almost certainly go on the external link section, you should add a * before the template text to include it as a list item.

--BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 19:24, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

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