User talk:Who/Voice actor

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[edit] Proposal

I propose we make a standarized template; Template:Voice actor, for voice actors, as we have for IMDB and TvTome. There are several actors that only perform voice acting, and quite a few more that do both. (See Category:Voice actors) This template would make it easy to reference the database. See the proposal on the Template messages talk page.

I originally created the template Template:Fuzzy actor, as its on Tfd for reliability issues. The naming was only for fear the the template name "voice actor" would interfere with the article "voice actor". All of this explained in the talk pages of that template.

There is a temporary proposal usage at Mel Blanc. I assume the database in use is a reliable source. Please offer any comments or suggested changes. <>Who?¿? 03:23, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Usage

{{voice actor | id= | name= }}

• id: very similiar to the IMDB template, it is the ID from the website Voicechasers database
• name: the actor's name.

example:

http://voicechasers.com/database/showactor.php?actorid=0000

• the name attribute was replaced with the wiki code {{PAGENAME}} for ease of use. Name attribute re-added due to possible technical limitations pointed out on another proposal.

[edit] Purpose

I created this template because I found a large db of voice actors, and since we have quite a few actors listed that due a majority of voice acting, it just seemed logical to have an easy way to add a link, just like the imdb and tvtome templates. It was originally Template:Fuzzy actor, however that turned out to be an unreliable database.