Module:Contentious topics/make link
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Given a contentious topic code, this module outputs a link to a contentious topic subpage formatted to remove the "Wikipedia:Contentious topics/" prefix from the display.
Usage
{{#invoke:Contentious topics/make link|makeTopicLink|<contentious topic code>}}
{{#invoke:Contentious topics/make link|makeTopicLink|blp}}→ Biographies of Living Persons{{#invoke:Contentious topics/make link|makeTopicLink|sasg}}→ South Asia{{#invoke:Contentious topics/make link|makeTopicLink|does not exist}}→ Error!does not existis not a valid contentious topic code{{#invoke:Contentious topics/make link|makeTopicLink}}→ Error! No contentious topic code given
From a Lua module, use code like:
require('Module:Contentious topics/make link')._makeTopicLink(<code>)
local p = {}
function p.makeTopicLink(frame)
-- call from a template
args = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs(frame)
return p._makeTopicLink(args['code'] or args[1])
end
function p._makeTopicLink(code)
-- call from a module
local topicSubpage = mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{
title = "Contentious topics/list",
args = { ['topic-subpage'] = code }
}
if code == nil then
return '<span class="error">Error! No contentious topic code given</span>'
elseif topicSubpage == '' then
return '<span class="error">Error! <code>' .. code .. '</code> is not a valid contentious topic code</span>'
end
return '[[' .. topicSubpage ..'|'
.. mw.ustring.gsub(topicSubpage, 'Wikipedia:Contentious topics/', '')
.. ']]'
end
return p