Module:Cite
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This module should only be used on articles that are near the post-expand include size limit, in order to prevent them exceeding it. Unless there is a pressing technical need, use appropriate cs1 and {{citation}} templates |
| This module depends on the following other modules: |
| {{Cite arXiv}} | arXiv preprints |
|---|---|
| {{Cite AV media}} | audio and visual media |
| {{Cite AV media notes}} | AV media liner notes |
| {{Cite bioRxiv}} | bioRxiv preprints |
| {{Cite book}} | books and chapters |
| {{Cite citeseerx}} | CiteSeerX papers |
| {{Cite conference}} | conference papers |
| {{Cite encyclopedia}} | edited collections |
| {{Cite episode}} | radio or TV episodes |
| {{Cite interview}} | interviews |
| {{Cite journal}} | academic journals |
| {{Cite magazine}} | magazines, periodicals |
| {{Cite mailing list}} | public mailing lists |
| {{Cite map}} | maps |
| {{Cite news}} | news articles |
| {{Cite newsgroup}} | online newsgroups |
| {{Cite podcast}} | podcasts |
| {{Cite press release}} | press releases |
| {{Cite report}} | reports |
| {{Cite serial}} | audio or video serials |
| {{Cite sign}} | signs, plaques |
| {{Cite speech}} | speeches |
| {{Cite ssrn}} | SSRN papers |
| {{Cite techreport}} | technical reports |
| {{Cite thesis}} | theses |
| {{Cite web}} | web sources not covered by the above |
| See also | Specific-source templates Wrapper templates |
Usage
This module may be used to replace any of the cs1|2 templates in articles that are nearing the post-expand include size limit. Such use should only be done to prevent an article from exceeding the PEIS limit. If necessary, this module may be used in templates that wrap a cs1|2 template.
Examples
This module requires no parameters but does require the canonical name of a cs1 template without the cite prefix: cite book → book, cite web → web. To replace {{citation}} templates, use citation.
The structure for calls to this module:
{{#invoke:cite |<template name>|<cs1 parameters>}}
where:
#invoke:cite– calls this module: Module:cite|<template name>– is the canonical name of the template without theciteprefix; this is the#invoke:function call; case insensitive|<cs1 parameters>– are all of the parameters required by
- REDIRECT Template:Template link code
To go from {{cite book}}:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">EB Green (1915). Title. PseudoRandom.</syntaxhighlight>
- EB Green (1915). Title. PseudoRandom.
write:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline="1">Lua error at line 60: attempt to call field '_citation' (a nil value).</syntaxhighlight>
- Lua error at line 60: attempt to call field '_citation' (a nil value).
require ('strict');
local cfg = mw.loadData ('Module:Cite/config');
--[[--------------------------< S U B S T I T U T E >----------------------------------------------------------
Substitutes $1, $2, etc in <message> with data from <data_t>. Returns plain-text substituted string when
<data_t> not nil; returns <message> else.
]]
local function substitute (message, data_t)
return data_t and mw.message.newRawMessage (message, data_t):plain() or message;
end
--[[--------------------------< M A K E _ E R R O R _ M S G >--------------------------------------------------
Assembles an error message from module name, message text, help link, and error category.
]]
local function make_error_msg (frame, msg)
local module_name = frame:getTitle(); -- get the module name for prefix and help-link label
local namespace = mw.title.getCurrentTitle().namespace; -- used for categorization
local category_link = (0 == namespace) and substitute ('[[Category:$1]]', {cfg.settings_t.err_category}) or '';
return substitute ('<span style="color:#d33">Error: {{[[$1|#invoke:$2]]}}: $3 ([[:$4|$5]])</span>$6',
{
module_name, -- the module name with namespace
module_name:gsub ('Module:', ''), -- the module name without namespace
msg, -- the error message
cfg.settings_t.help_text_link, -- help wikilink to text at help page
cfg.settings_t.help, -- help wikilink display text
category_link -- link to error category (for main namespace errors only)
})
end
--[[--------------------------< C I T E >---------------------------------------------------------------------
Function to call Module:Citation/CS1/sandbox with appropriate parameters. For use when an article exceeds the
post-expand include size limit.
{{#invoke:cite|book|title=Title}}
]]
local function cite (frame, template)
local args_t = require ('Module:Arguments').getArgs (frame, {frameOnly=true});
template = template:lower(); -- lowercase for table indexes
if not cfg.known_templates_t[template] then -- do we recognize this template name?
return make_error_msg (frame, substitute (cfg.settings_t.unknown_name, {template})); -- nope; abandon with error message
end
local config_t = {['CitationClass'] = cfg.citation_classes_t[template] or template}; -- set CitationClass value
return require ('Module:Citation/CS1')._citation (nil, args_t, config_t); -- go render the citation
end
--[[--------------------------< E X P O R T S >---------------------------------------------------------------
]]
return setmetatable({}, {__index = -- returns an empty TABLE whose metatable has the __index set so that, for any given KEY, it returns
function(_, template) -- this anonymous function called as function(TABLE, KEY)
return function (frame) return cite (frame, template) end; -- which in turn returns a function that calls cite() with the KEY name
end
})