Module:Hatnote
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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.
local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
You can then use the functions as documented below.
Hatnote
mHatnote._hatnote(s, options)
Formats the string s as a hatnote. This encloses s in the tags Template:Tag. 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
mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.')
Produces: Template:Tag
Displays as:
- Example 2
mHatnote._hatnote('This is a hatnote.', {extraclasses = 'boilerplate seealso', selfref = true})
Produces: Template:Tag
Displayed as:
Format link
mHatnote._formatLink(link, display)
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]] → Template:Format hatnote link
- Template:Code → [[Lion#Etymology|Lion § Etymology]] → Template:Format hatnote link
- Template:Code → [[:Category:Lions]] → Template:Format hatnote link
- Template:Code → [[Lion#Etymology|Etymology of lion]] → Template:Format hatnote link
Format pages
mHatnote.formatPages(...)
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
mHatnote.formatPageTables(...)
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
mHatnote.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon)
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
mHatnote.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory)
Formats the string msg as a red wikitext error message, with optional link to a help page helpLink. Normally this function also adds Template:Clc; 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 → Error: an error has occurred.
- Template:Code → Error: an error has occurred (help).
Examples
For examples of how this module is used in other Lua modules, see the following (listed in order of complexity):
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-- Module:Hatnote --
-- --
-- This module produces hatnote links and links to related articles. It --
-- implements the {{hatnote}} and {{format link}} meta-templates and includes --
-- helper functions for other Lua hatnote modules. --
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local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil')
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType
local checkTypeForNamedArg = libraryUtil.checkTypeForNamedArg
local mArguments -- lazily initialise [[Module:Arguments]]
local yesno -- lazily initialise [[Module:Yesno]]
local formatLink -- lazily initialise [[Module:Format link]] ._formatLink
local p = {}
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-- Helper functions
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local curNs = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace
p.missingTargetCat =
--Default missing target category, exported for use in related modules
((curNs == 0) or (curNs == 14)) and
'Articles with hatnote templates targeting a nonexistent page' or nil
local function getArgs(frame)
-- Fetches the arguments from the parent frame. Whitespace is trimmed and
-- blanks are removed.
mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
return mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true})
end
local function removeInitialColon(s)
-- Removes the initial colon from a string, if present.
return s:match('^:?(.*)')
end
function p.findNamespaceId(link, removeColon)
-- 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. Colons
-- are trimmed from the start of the link by default. To skip colon
-- trimming, set the removeColon parameter to false.
checkType('findNamespaceId', 1, link, 'string')
checkType('findNamespaceId', 2, removeColon, 'boolean', true)
if removeColon ~= false then
link = removeInitialColon(link)
end
local namespace = link:match('^(.-):')
if namespace then
local nsTable = mw.site.namespaces[namespace]
if nsTable then
return nsTable.id
end
end
return 0
end
function p.makeWikitextError(msg, helpLink, addTrackingCategory, title)
-- Formats an error message to be returned to wikitext. If
-- addTrackingCategory is not false after being returned from
-- [[Module:Yesno]], and if we are not on a talk page, a tracking category
-- is added.
checkType('makeWikitextError', 1, msg, 'string')
checkType('makeWikitextError', 2, helpLink, 'string', true)
yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
title = title or mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
-- Make the help link text.
local helpText
if helpLink then
helpText = ' ([[' .. helpLink .. '|help]])'
else
helpText = ''
end
-- Make the category text.
local category
if not title.isTalkPage -- Don't categorise talk pages
and title.namespace ~= 2 -- Don't categorise userspace
and yesno(addTrackingCategory) ~= false -- Allow opting out
then
category = 'Hatnote templates with errors'
category = mw.ustring.format(
'[[%s:%s]]',
mw.site.namespaces[14].name,
category
)
else
category = ''
end
return mw.ustring.format(
'<strong class="error">Error: %s%s.</strong>%s',
msg,
helpText,
category
)
end
function p.disambiguate(page, disambiguator)
-- Formats a page title with a disambiguation parenthetical,
-- i.e. "Example" → "Example (disambiguation)".
checkType('disambiguate', 1, page, 'string')
checkType('disambiguate', 2, disambiguator, 'string', true)
disambiguator = disambiguator or 'disambiguation'
return mw.ustring.format('%s (%s)', page, disambiguator)
end
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-- Hatnote
--
-- Produces standard hatnote text. Implements the {{hatnote}} template.
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function p.hatnote(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
local s = args[1]
if not s then
return p.makeWikitextError(
'no text specified',
'Template:Hatnote#Errors',
args.category
)
end
return p._hatnote(s, {
extraclasses = args.extraclasses,
selfref = args.selfref
})
end
function p._hatnote(s, options)
checkType('_hatnote', 1, s, 'string')
checkType('_hatnote', 2, options, 'table', true)
options = options or {}
local inline = options.inline
local hatnote = mw.html.create(inline == 1 and 'span' or 'div')
local extraclasses
if type(options.extraclasses) == 'string' then
extraclasses = options.extraclasses
end
hatnote
:attr('role', 'note')
:addClass(inline == 1 and 'hatnote-inline' or 'hatnote')
:addClass('navigation-not-searchable')
:addClass(extraclasses)
:addClass(options.selfref and 'selfref' or nil)
:wikitext(s)
return mw.getCurrentFrame():extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = 'Module:Hatnote/styles.css' }
} .. tostring(hatnote)
end
return p