Module:AuthorsDisplay

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local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
    local item = frame.args.item or "Q14"
    local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity(item)
    
    -- Check if entity exists and has P2 claims
    if not entity or not entity.claims or not entity.claims.P2 then
        return "<i>No authors found.</i>"
    end
    
    local authors = entity.claims.P2
    local output = '{| class="wikitable" style="border-collapse: collapse;"\n'
    output = output .. '|-\n! Author !! Country\n'
    
    -- Loop through each P2 claim
    for _, claim in ipairs(authors) do
        -- Verify it's an item (wikibase-item datatype)
        if claim.mainsnak.datatype == "wikibase-item" and claim.mainsnak.snaktype == "value" then
            local authorId = claim.mainsnak.datavalue.value.id
            local authorEntity = mw.wikibase.getEntity(authorId)
            
            if authorEntity then
                -- Get the author's label (defaults to item ID if no label)
                local authorLabel = authorEntity:getLabel() or authorId
                
                -- Initialize country as "Unknown"
                local country = "Unknown"
                
                -- Try to get P14 (country) from the author item
                if authorEntity.claims and authorEntity.claims.P14 then
                    local countryClaim = authorEntity.claims.P14[1]
                    if countryClaim and countryClaim.mainsnak.datatype == "string" then
                        country = countryClaim.mainsnak.datavalue.value
                    end
                end
                
                -- Add row to table
                output = output .. '|-\n| ' .. authorLabel .. ' || ' .. country .. '\n'
            end
        end
    end
    
    output = output .. '|}\n'
    return output
end

return p