Module:Authority control/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Module:Authority control.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original module page.

This Lua module is used on approximately 2,180,000 pages, or roughly 3% of all pages.
To avoid major disruption and server load, any changes should be tested in the module's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own module sandbox. The tested changes can be added to this page in a single edit. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

This module depends on the following other modules:

This module contains the code of the {{Authority control}} template. See its documentation.

Parameters, Wikidata properties, and tracking categories

{#invoke:Authority control|docConfTable}}

Additional tracking categories

This module also implements the following hidden tracking categories:

Category:Pages with red-linked authority control categories (0) – error category to identify missing categories
Category:Articles with deprecated authority control identifiers (0) – fix/migrate/remove deprecated IDs
Category:Articles with suppressed authority control identifiers (17) – tracking only (no error)
Category:Articles with multiple identifiers (0) – tracking only (no error)
Category:Pages using authority control with parameters (0) – migrate IDs to Wikidata, if possible (no error)
Category:Pages using authority control with parameters different on Wikidata (0) – determine/remove incorrect IDs & migrate to Wikidata
Category:Pages using authority control with parameters all matching Wikidata (0) – template parameters may safely be removed

Module:Authority control/doc

Parameters, Wikidata properties, and tracking categories

Additional tracking categories

Number of identifiers

State parameter

See also