Template talk:Sports links

Add football.aek.com identifier

Description of suggested change: Please add support for the football.aek.com player identifier (P13894) to the template. Proposed entry (around line 251):

{ prop='P13894', message='[$2 $1] at football.aek.com$3', short='[$2 football.aek.com]', langcode='el' }

Thank you! BEN917 09:19, 5 November 2025 (UTC)

Rationale:

• The identifier is already established on Wikidata (P13894).
• It is currently used on over 600 Wikidata items, covering essentially all AEK Athens F.C. players with articles.
• It provides stable, structured URLs for player profiles.
• All players with existing English Wikipedia articles have already been connected to this identifier via Wikidata.
• Adding it would improve consistency between Wikidata and Wikipedia external links.

Example:

• Demis Nikolaidis at football.aek.com

BEN917 10:31, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I'm following up on this request, as it has been several months since my original proposal. The identifier is now used on over 1,200 Wikidata items, and the proposed addition would allow it to be displayed automatically through the template, just like other supported football player identifiers. Would anyone be able to review this suggestion? If there are any concerns or technical issues with the proposed implementation, I'd be happy to address them.

Thank you! BEN917 09:28, 30 October 2026 (UTC)

Too long execution time

This issue was originally pointed out on ja:Wikipedia:修正依頼#ウサイン・ボルト、Template:Sports links, but since I confirmed it can be reproduced on enwiki as well, I'm consulting here.

When you add {{Sports links}} on Usain_Bolt#External_links and preview it, you'll see error messages "" According to the profile data in the preview screen, the Lua execution time has indeed exceeded the limit.

One possible solution is to stop referencing Wikidata property pages, and instead manage all URL formats and identifier check patterns locally, as done by Module:Authority control. Are there any other options? 本日晴天 (talk) 08:01, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

This issue was resolved on jawiki by reducing the number of calls to mw.wikibase.getEntity() without arguments in Module:External links. See ja:Special:Diff/111206964. 本日晴天 (talk) 08:00, 3 October 2026 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 19 February 2026

Hello. Since most databases in the rugby category are now either dead (ESPN, Premiership...) or behind a paywall (itsrugby), I ask you to add these two serious and reliable websites:

{ prop='P9903', message='[$2 $1] at all.rugby/$3', short='[$2 all.rugby/]', langcode='en' }
{ prop='P12335', message='[$2 $1] at rugbydatabase.co.nz/$3', short='[$2 rugbydatabase.co.nz/]', langcode='en' }

Please and thank you. Ginkgobiloquad (talk) 09:04, 19 February 2026 (UTC)

Added them. Santiago Claudio (talk) 06:22, 22 March 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 3 July 2026

Description of suggested change: The website of the European Judo Union is undergoing refactoring, that as of now has broken many competition links. They should be hidden until further notice.

Diff:

−

{ prop='P10080', message='[$2 $1] at the [[European Judo Union]]$3', short='[$2 EJU]', langcode='en' }, -- competition

+

-- competition links broken { prop='P10080', message='[$2 $1] at the [[European Judo Union]]$3', short='[$2 EJU]', langcode='en' },

CLalgo (talk) 10:23, 3 July 2026 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 02:10, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

Edit request 21 July 2026

Please change kicker link to Kicker? The all-lowercase form is just stylization. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 10:19, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Please link to an affected article. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:08, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

Manuel Neuer#External links is one of the examples. The same thing happens with other footballers who played in Germany Bundesliga. ⋆｡˚꒰ঌ Clara A. Djalim ໒꒱˚｡⋆ 14:50, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

That section does not use this template. I adjusted {{Kicker}}. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:59, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

Replace Soccerway with Flashscore?

Hi all, Soccerway has been basically the same website as Flashscore for some time now. However, the Scorebar / Soccerway person ID (P2369) property no longer works as intended: its six-number values now redirect to the longer name+eight-character strings that are associated with Flashscore player ID (P8259). See the link at Ally Sentnor § External links for example. I propose swapping the outdated identifier for the active one - or at least adding Flashscore to this template to display when no six-number Soccerway label exists. Will notify WT:FOOTY. Hameltion (talk | contribs) 15:16, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

I support this replacement of Soccerway with Flashscore template. It would make sense to use the correct websites rather than having to redirect from the original six-number values to the much more possibilities of the eight characters used these days. Iggy Swan (Contribs) 19:35, 18 September 2026 (UTC)

I support this too. Only a couple of weeks ago I was wondering how we can preserve the old links but permit ones of the new format. Merging these in some way as you've suggested, seems to be a good way forward. C679 16:13, 23 September 2026 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 9 October 2026

After line 268, add the following line (as per this, with updated property after P4883 was deleted) :

{ prop='P9264', message='[$2 $1] at the French Football Federation$3', short='[$2 French Football Federation]', langcode='fr' },

Coco (talk) 15:45, 9 October 2026 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 03:18, 10 October 2026 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 29 October 2026

Please add support for the SPL person ID (P14995) to the template. Proposed entry (around line 269):

{ prop='P14995', message='[$2 $1] at the Football Association of Finland$3', short='[$2 Football Association of Finland]', langcode='fi' },

Thanks --Bksm (talk) 22:11, 29 October 2026 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 20:16, 31 October 2026 (UTC)