Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]Template:Find a Grave displays an external link or a reference to a memorial on the Find a Grave website.
Usage
External link
- Unnamed parameters
* {{Find a Grave | ID }}* {{Find a Grave | ID | NAME }}
- Named parameters
* {{Find a Grave | id= }}* {{Find a Grave | id= | name= }}* {{Find a Grave | id= | name= | work= }}
- Using Wikidata property
* {{Find a Grave}}* {{Find a Grave | name= }}* {{Find a Grave | name= | work= }}
Reference
- Two unnamed parameters
{{Find a Grave | ID | NAME | work= | last= | first= | date= | access-date= }}
- Named parameters
{{Find a Grave | id= | name= | work= | last= | first= | date= | access-date= }}
- Using Wikidata property
{{Find a Grave | work= | last= | first= | date= | access-date= }}{{Find a Grave | name= | work= | last= | first= | date= | access-date= }}
Usage guidance
Care should be taken when deciding to make a link to the Find a Grave website. While photographs of gravestones provide useful information, the biographical and other additional details may not be reliable. If there are fully reliable sources which may be used, then the Find a Grave link should not be used, or should be removed in place of the more reliable source.
As an WP:External link
To comply with WP:ELNO, only place in External links section if the website contains unique information not already mentioned and cited in the body of the article and is not a WP:COPYLINK violation. Remove from External links if Find a Grave is already cited in main body, if burial information is provided in main body by a more reliable source, or if the page contains any unlicensed copyrighted information (e.g., professional portrait photography or copies of obituaries from a newspaper).
As a reference for article content
With rare exceptions, do not use Find a Grave as a source. Find a Grave is not reliable because it relies on user-generated input without vetting by an editorial body.
If any of the parameters:
- access-date
- author
- date
- last
are specified, this template will produce a citation with {{Cite web}}. Otherwise, it produces a format for use in an "External links" section. If used as a reference, it should not be duplicated in the "External links" section.
Parameters
idorgrid(parameter 1, required unless using Wikidata) – The Find a Grave Memorial ID number, found at the bottom of the Find a Grave article or in the URL (e.g., "1234" for https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1234/henri-langlois, formerly https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1234). This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P535 exists, but required if not.name(parameter 2, optional) – The name of the deceased. Defaults to {{PAGENAME}} if not specified.work– A group or category within the Find a Grave site.check-wikidata– Include|check-wikidata=noto prevent the template comparing the provided ID against the value from Wikidata. Use mainly when this template is used on list, place or other people's articles.- Parameters for {{Cite web}}
last– The surname of the original author of the Find a Grave article.author– Alias forlast. If bothlastandauthorare specified,lasttakes precedence.
first– The given name of the original author of the Find a Grave article. Requireslast.display-authors– If the Find a Grave article has more than one author, use|display-authors=et alto display "et al." after the name of the first author.date– The date of the Find a Grave article.access-date– The date this citation was added or last updated.
Examples
External link with unnamed parameters
- Usage
* {{Find a Grave | 1234 | Henri Langlois }}- Output
- Current URL
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1234/henri-langlois
- Alternate URLs (redirect to URL above)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1234 (used in template)
- https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1234 (former URL)
External link with named parameters
- Usage
* {{Find a Grave | id= 94078737 | name= Sally Kristen Ride | work= American Astronaut }}- Output
-
- Sally Kristen Ride, American Astronaut at Find a Grave
- Current URL
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94078737/sally-ride
- Alternate URLs (redirect to URL above)
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94078737 (used in template)
- https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=94078737 (former URL)
External link using Wikidata property
- Usage in Henri Langlois
* {{Find a Grave}}- Output
Missing ID and no Wikidata
- Usage
{{Find a Grave}}- Output
- {{Find a Grave}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Reference using all of the parameters
- Usage
{{Find a Grave | id = 94078737 | name = Sally Kristen Ride | work = American Astronaut | last = Daniluke | first = Marc J. | display-authors = et al | date = July 23, 2012 | access-date = March 7, 2025 }}- Output
- Daniluke, Marc J.; et al. (July 23, 2012). "Sally Kristen Ride". American Astronaut. Find a Grave. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
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Tracking categories
- template with ID
- ID is converted to numeric value before comparison with Wikidata
- 1234/henri-langlois → 1234
- 1234 → 1234
- Category:Find a Grave template with ID different from Wikidata (0)
- Category:Find a Grave template with ID not in Wikidata (99)
- template missing ID
See also
- Wikipedia:FINDAGRAVE
- {{Find a Grave cemetery}} to link to a cemetery at Find a Grave
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