Module:Hatnote

This is a meta-module that provides various functions for making hatnotes. It implements the {{hatnote}} template, for use in hatnotes at the top of pages, and the {{format link}} template, which is used to format a wikilink for use in hatnotes. It also contains a number of helper functions for use in other Lua hatnote modules.

Use from wikitext

The functions in this module cannot be used directly from #invoke, and must be used through templates instead. Please see Template:Hatnote and Template:Format link for documentation.

Use from other Lua modules

To load this module from another Lua module, use the following code.

<source lang="lua"> local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote') </source>

You can then use the functions as documented below.

Hatnote

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote._hatnote(s, options) </source>

Formats the string s as a hatnote. This encloses s in the tags <div class="hatnote">...</div>. Options are provided in the options table. Options include:

• options.extraclasses - a string of extra classes to provide
• options.selfref - if this is not nil or false, adds the class "selfref", used to denote self-references to Wikipedia (see Template:Selfref))

The CSS of the hatnote class is defined in MediaWiki:Common.css.

Example 1

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.') </source>

Produces: <div class="hatnote">This is a hatnote.</div>

Displays as: Template:Hatnote

Example 2

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.', {extraclasses = 'boilerplate seealso', selfref = true}) </source>

Produces: <div class="hatnote boilerplate seealso selfref">This is a hatnote.</div>

Displayed as: Template:Hatnote

Format link

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote._formatLink(link, display) </source>

Formats link as a wikilink for display in hatnote templates, with optional display value display. Categories and files are automatically escaped with the colon trick, and links to sections are automatically formatted as page § section, rather than the MediaWiki default of page#section.

Examples

Template:Code → [[Lion]] →

1. REDIRECT Template:Format link

Template:Code → [[Lion#Etymology|Lion § Etymology]] →

1. REDIRECT Template:Format link

Template:Code → [[:Category:Lions]] →

1. REDIRECT Template:Format link

Template:Code → [[Lion#Etymology|Etymology of lion]] →

1. REDIRECT Template:Format link

Format pages

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote.formatPages(...) </source>

Formats a list of pages using the _formatLink function, and returns the result as an array. For example, the code Template:Code would produce an array like Template:Code.

Format page tables

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote.formatPageTables(...) </source>

Takes a list of page/display tables, formats them with the _formatLink function, and returns the result as an array. Each item in the list must be a table. The first value in the table is the link, and is required. The second value in the table is the display value, and is optional. For example, the code Template:Code would produce an array like Template:Code.

Find namespace id

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon) </source>

Finds the namespace id of the string link, which should be a valid page name, with or without the section name. This function will not work if the page name is enclosed with square brackets. When trying to parse the namespace name, colons are removed from the start of the link by default. This is helpful if users have specified colons when they are not strictly necessary. If you do not need to check for initial colons, set removeColon to false.

Examples

Template:Code → 0

Template:Code → 14

Template:Code → 14

Template:Code → 0 (the namespace is detected as ":Category", rather than "Category")

Make wikitext error

<source lang="lua"> mHatnote.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory) </source>

Formats the string msg as a red wikitext error message, with optional link to a help page helpLink. Normally this function also adds Category:Hatnote templates with errors (0); however, if addTrackingCategory is not false after being passed through Module:Yesno, then the category is suppressed. This means that the category can be suppressed with addTrackingCategory values including "no", "n", 0, "false", and Template:Code.

Examples:

Template:Code →

Template:Code →

Examples

For examples of how this module is used in other Lua modules, see the following (listed in order of complexity):

• Module:Details
• Module:Further
• Module:See also
• Module:Main

---

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--                              Module:Hatnote                                --
--                                                                            --
-- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It       --
-- implements the {{rellink}} and {{hatnote}} meta-templates, and a few of    --
-- the more popular templates they depend on, including {{main}},             --
-- {{see also}}, {{further}} and {{details}}.                                 --
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local mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools')
local mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')

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-- Argument processing
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--[[
-- The p table is for functions to be returned from #invoke, and for functions
-- to be used from other Lua modules. The f table is for functions acting as a
-- bridge between #invoke functions and Lua module functions. #invoke functions
-- are connected to f table functions through the makeInvokeFunction function.
-- Functions for use from other Lua modules have names beginning with an
-- underscore. 
--]]
local p, f = {}, {}

local function makeInvokeFunction(func)
	return function(frame)
		local args = mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true})
		return func(args)
	end
end

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-- Helper functions
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local function findNamespaceId(link)
	-- Finds the namespace id (namespace number) of a link or a pagename. This
	-- function will not work if the link is enclosed in double brackets or if
	-- the link has been escaped with the colon trick.
	local namespace = link:match('^(.-):')
	if namespace then
		local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace]
		if nsTable then
			return nsTable.id
		end
	end
	return 0
end

local function formatLink(link, display)
	-- Makes a wikilink from the given link and display values. Links are
	-- escaped with colons if necessary, and links to sections are detected
	-- and displayed with " § " as a separator rather than the standard
	-- MediaWiki "#".

	-- Find whether we need to use the colon trick or not. We need to use the
	-- colon trick for categories and files, as otherwise category links
	-- categorise the page and file links display the file.
	local namespace = findNamespaceId(link)
	local colon
	if namespace == 6 or namespace == 14 then
		colon = ':'
	else
		colon = ''
	end

	-- Find the display value.
	if not display then
		local page, section = link:match('^(.-)#(.*)$')
		if page then
			display = page .. ' § ' .. section
		end
	end

	-- Assemble the link.
	if display then
		return string.format('[[%s%s|%s]]', colon, link, display)
	else
		return string.format('[[%s%s]]', colon, link)
	end
end

local function makeWikitextError(msg)
	-- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext.
	return string.format('<strong class="error">Error: %s.</strong>', msg)
end

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-- Hatnote
--
-- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the {{hatnote}} template.
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function p._hatnote(s)
	return string.format('<div class="dablink">%s</div>', s)
end

function f.hatnote(args)
	local s = args[1]
	if not s then
		return makeWikitextError('no text specified')
	end
	return p._hatnote(s)
end

p.hatnote = makeInvokeFunction(f.hatnote)

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-- Rellink
--
-- Produces a standard link to a related article. Implements the {{rellink}}
-- template.
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function p._rellink(s, extraclasses)
	if extraclasses then
		extraclasses = ' ' .. extraclasses
	else
		extraclasses = ''
	end
	return string.format('<div class="rellink%s">%s</div>', extraclasses, s)
end

function f.rellink(args)
	local s = args[1]
	local extraclasses = args.extraclasses
	if not s then
		return makeWikitextError('no text specified')
	end
	return p._rellink(s, extraclasses)
end

p.rellink = makeInvokeFunction(f.rellink)

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-- Details
--
-- Produces a "For more details on this topic" link. the first parameter is the
-- page linked to, and if the second parameter is present it is used instead
-- of the "this topic" text.
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function p._details(page, topic)
	page = formatLink(page)
	topic = topic or 'this topic'
	local text = string.format('For more details on %s, see %s.', topic, page)
	local extraclasses = 'boilerplate seealso'
	return p._rellink(text, extraclasses)
end

function f.details(args)
	local page = args[1]
	local topic = args[2]
	if not page then
		return makeWikitextError('no page specified')
	end
	return p._details(page, topic)
end

p.details = makeInvokeFunction(f.details)

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-- Further
--
-- Produces a "Further information: a, b and c" link. It accepts an unlimited
-- number of positional parameters, each of which is a page name.
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function p._further(...)
	local pages = {...}
	local formattedPages = {}
	for i, page in ipairs(pages) do
		formattedPages[i] = formatLink(page)
	end
	local text = 'Further information: ' .. mw.text.listToText(formattedPages)
	return p._rellink(text)
end

function f.further(args)
	local pages = mTableTools.compressSparseArray(args)
	if #pages < 1 then
		return makeWikiTextError('no pages specified')
	end
	return p._further(unpack(pages))
end

p.further = makeInvokeFunction(f.further)

return p