Module:Bad title suggestion
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This module is subject to page protection. It is a highly visible module in use by a very large number of pages, or is substituted very frequently. Because vandalism or mistakes would affect many pages, and even trivial editing might cause substantial load on the servers, it is protected from editing. |
This module implements title suggestions for the "Bad title" interface message at MediaWiki:Title-invalid-characters. When the user asks for a page with invalid characters, this module checks for a page with the given title up to the first invalid character. If it exists, {{Did you mean box}} is displayed.
Usage
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|invalid_char|bad_title_encoded}}
In the case of MediaWiki:Title-invalid-characters, this is:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|$1|$2}}
Examples
- Foobar>:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|>|Foobar>}}
Did you mean: Foobar? |
- Wikipedia:Village pump}}:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|}|Wikipedia:Village pump}}}}
Did you mean: Wikipedia:Village pump? |
- Main Page|title text!:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|||Main Page|title text!}}
Did you mean: Main Page? |
- This page absolutely does not exist>:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|>|This page absolutely does not exist>}}
(nothing displayed)
- Category:Contents>:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|>|Category:Contents>}}
Did you mean: Category:Contents? |
- <Foobar>:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|<|#60;Foobar#62;}}
(nothing displayed)
- Solo [3]:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|[|Solo [3]}}
Did you mean: Solo (3)? |
Did you mean: Solo? |
- M>Train:
{{#invoke:Bad title suggestion|main|>|M>Train}}
Did you mean: M-Train? |
Did you mean: M? |
require("strict")
local getArgs = require("Module:Arguments").getArgs
local p = {}
local function dedab(title)
return title:gsub(" ?%(.-%)","")
end
function p.main(frame)
local args = getArgs(frame)
-- The invalid character, e.g. ">" or "}"
local chr = args[1]
-- The escaped bad title, e.g. "Foobar>" or "Foobar|text"
local title = args[2]
-- A pipe (|) as the invalid character is a special case; it is not
-- escaped, so instead the module thinks it got two empty arguments
-- and the title as the third argument.
if chr == nil and title == nil then
chr = "|"
title = args[3]
end
if chr == nil or title == nil then
return ""
end
-- Determine the suggested title by taking a prefix of the bad title
-- up to the first invalid character. Only display the suggestion box
-- if the page exists.
local index = mw.ustring.find(title, mw.text.nowiki(chr), 1, true)
local truncate = ""
if index then
local page = mw.title.new(mw.ustring.sub(title, 1, index - 1))
if page and page.exists then
truncate = '<div class="mw-parser-output">' .. frame:expandTemplate{
title = "Did you mean box",
args = { page.fullText }
} .. '</div>'
end
end
return p._substitute(frame, title, chr)..truncate
end
function p._substitute(frame, title, chr)
-- Since the overrides page has a lower protection level than this one don't crash if it's invalid
local success, overrides = pcall(function() return mw.loadJsonData("Module:Bad title suggestion/override.json") end)
local spage
local substitute = ""
title = mw.text.decode(title):gsub("_", " ")
if success and overrides[title] then
spage = mw.title.new(overrides[title])
elseif success and overrides[title:lower()] then
spage = mw.title.new(overrides[title:lower()])
elseif success and overrides[dedab(title)] then
spage = mw.title.new(overrides[dedab(title)])
elseif not chr or chr == "[" or chr == "]" then
local replaced = title:gsub("%[","("):gsub("%]",")")
if replaced ~= title then
spage = mw.title.new(replaced)
end
end
if spage and spage.exists then
substitute = '<div class="mw-parser-output">' .. frame:expandTemplate{
title = "Did you mean box",
args = { spage.fullText }
} .. '</div>'
end
return substitute
end
function p.substitute(frame)
return p._substitute(frame, frame.args[1], nil)
end
return p