Module:Authors - Revision history

Design at 13:46, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T13:46:33Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 13:46, 17 April 2026
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	local p = {} ~~-- Create a table to hold the module's functions~~		local p = {}

	function p.list(frame) ~~-- Define the 'list' function that will be invoked from wiki pages~~		function p.list(frame)
	-- Get the Wikibase entity for the current page ~~(based on its sitelink)~~		-- Get the Wikibase entity for the current page
	local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity()		local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity()
	if not entity then		if not entity then
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	end		end

	-- Access ~~the~~ claims (~~statements~~) ~~on this entity~~		-- Access claims for P2 ("has authors")
	local claims = entity.claims or {}		local claims = entity.claims or {}
	~~-- Get all claims for property P2 ("has authors")~~
	local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {}		local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {}

	~~-- Prepare a table to store the formatted author links~~
	local authors = {}		local authors = {}
	-- Loop through each claim ~~for P2~~		-- Loop through each author claim
	for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do		for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do
	~~-- Extract the main value from the claim~~
	local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue		local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue
	~~-- Check if the value is a Wikibase item (entity ID)~~
	if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then		if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then
	~~-- Get the item ID (e.g., "Q5")~~
	local itemId = value.value.id		local itemId = value.value.id
	-- Get ~~the~~ label ~~(display name)~~ for the ~~item~~		-- Get label and sitelink for the author
	local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId		local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId
	~~-- Get the sitelink (the actual wiki page title linked to this item)~~
	local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(itemId)		local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(itemId)
	-- If a ~~sitelink exists~~, ~~create a wiki link~~ with label as display ~~text~~
			-- Get the author's entity to fetch P5
			local authorEntity = mw.wikibase.getEntity(itemId)
			local p5Value = ""
			if authorEntity and authorEntity.claims and authorEntity.claims.P5 then
			-- Assume P5 is a string property; take the first value
			local p5Claim = authorEntity.claims.P5[1]
			if p5Claim and p5Claim.mainsnak.datavalue then
			p5Value = p5Claim.mainsnak.datavalue.value or ""
			end
			end

			-- Format: link to author, with P5 in parentheses if available
			local display = label
			if p5Value ~= "" then
			display = display .. " (" .. p5Value .. ")"
			end
	if sitelink then		if sitelink then
	table.insert(authors, "[[" .. sitelink .. "\|" .. ~~label~~ .. "]]")		table.insert(authors, "[[" .. sitelink .. "\|" .. display .. "]]")
	else		else
	~~-- If no sitelink, just show the label without a link~~		table.insert(authors, display)
	table.insert(authors, ~~label~~)
	end		end
	end		end
	end		end

	~~-- If no authors were found, return a message~~
	if #authors == 0 then		if #authors == 0 then
	return "No authors found."		return "No authors found."
	end		end

	-- ~~Join the authors with commas and return the result~~		-- Return as comma-separated list
	return table.concat(authors, ", ")		return table.concat(authors, ", ")
	end		end

	return p ~~-- Export the module table~~		return p

Design at 11:59, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T11:59:44Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:59, 17 April 2026
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	-- Join the authors with commas and return the result		-- Join the authors with commas and return the result
	~~-- Instead of:~~ return table.concat(authors, ", ")		return table.concat(authors, ", ")
	~~local result = ""~~
	~~for _, author in ipairs(authors) do~~
	~~result = result .. "* " .. author .. "\n"~~
	~~end~~
	~~return result~~
	end		end

	return p -- Export the module table		return p -- Export the module table

Design at 11:58, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T11:58:25Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:58, 17 April 2026
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	-- Join the authors with commas and return the result		-- Join the authors with commas and return the result
	return table.concat(authors, ", ")		-- Instead of: return table.concat(authors, ", ")
			local result = ""
			for _, author in ipairs(authors) do
			result = result .. "* " .. author .. "\n"
			end
			return result
	end		end

	return p -- Export the module table		return p -- Export the module table

Design at 11:47, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T11:47:26Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:47, 17 April 2026
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	local p = {}		local p = {} -- Create a table to hold the module's functions

	function p.list(frame)		function p.list(frame) -- Define the 'list' function that will be invoked from wiki pages
			-- Get the Wikibase entity for the current page (based on its sitelink)
	local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity()		local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity()
	if not entity then		if not entity then
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	end		end

			-- Access the claims (statements) on this entity
	local claims = entity.claims or {}		local claims = entity.claims or {}
			-- Get all claims for property P2 ("has authors")
	local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {}		local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {}

			-- Prepare a table to store the formatted author links
	local authors = {}		local authors = {}
			-- Loop through each claim for P2
	for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do		for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do
			-- Extract the main value from the claim
	local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue		local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue
			-- Check if the value is a Wikibase item (entity ID)
	if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then		if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then
			-- Get the item ID (e.g., "Q5")
	local itemId = value.value.id		local itemId = value.value.id
			-- Get the label (display name) for the item
	local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId		local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId
			-- Get the sitelink (the actual wiki page title linked to this item)
	local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(itemId)		local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(itemId)
			-- If a sitelink exists, create a wiki link with label as display text
	if sitelink then		if sitelink then
	table.insert(authors, "[[" .. sitelink .. "\|" .. label .. "]]")		table.insert(authors, "[[" .. sitelink .. "\|" .. label .. "]]")
	else		else
			-- If no sitelink, just show the label without a link
	table.insert(authors, label)		table.insert(authors, label)
	end		end
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	end		end

			-- If no authors were found, return a message
	if #authors == 0 then		if #authors == 0 then
	return "No authors found."		return "No authors found."
	end		end

			-- Join the authors with commas and return the result
	return table.concat(authors, ", ")		return table.concat(authors, ", ")
	end		end

	return p		return p -- Export the module table

Design at 11:41, 17 April 2026

2026-04-17T11:41:21Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:41, 17 April 2026
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	local itemId = value.value.id		local itemId = value.value.id
	local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId		local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId
	table.insert(authors, "[[" .. label .. "]]")		local sitelink = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(itemId)
			if sitelink then
			table.insert(authors, "[[" .. sitelink .. "\|" .. label .. "]]")
			else
			table.insert(authors, label)
			end
	end		end
	end		end

Design: Created page with "local p = {} function p.list(frame) local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity() if not entity then return "No Wikibase entity found for this page." end local claims = entity.claims or {} local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {} local authors = {} for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then local itemId = value.value.id..."

2026-04-17T11:35:31Z

Created page with "local p = {} function p.list(frame) local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity() if not entity then return "No Wikibase entity found for this page." end local claims = entity.claims or {} local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {} local authors = {} for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then local itemId = value.value.id..."

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local p = {}

function p.list(frame)
local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity()
if not entity then
return "No Wikibase entity found for this page."
end

local claims = entity.claims or {}
local p2Claims = claims.P2 or {}

local authors = {}
for _, claim in ipairs(p2Claims) do
local value = claim.mainsnak.datavalue
if value and value.type == "wikibase-entityid" then
local itemId = value.value.id
local label = mw.wikibase.getLabel(itemId) or itemId
table.insert(authors, "[[" .. label .. "]]")
end
end

if #authors == 0 then
return "No authors found."
end

return table.concat(authors, ", ")
end

return p