Module:GetShortDescription

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Not to be confused with Module:Get short description.

Usage

{{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name= |only= |prefer= |fallback= |lang_italic= |lang_nocat= |lang_size= |lang_cat= |lang_rtl= |lang_no= }}

name

By providing only the required page name (including namespace), the module will look for an explicit {{short description}} in that page, but if not found, will try to fetch the wikidata description. If neither are found, the result will be an empty string.

If the result is a wikidata description, and it is declared (at the source) as being of a foreign language (i.e. not en), the result will be appropriately formatted by Module:Lang (the module powering {{lang}}), in accordance with MOS:OTHERLANG; see #Foreign language wikidata descriptions (below).

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Wikipedia}}

Result: Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia

This is equivalent to stating |prefer=explicit; see #prefer (below).

only

Providing a value for |only= will limit the search to being only for the stated description. If no description is found, the result will be an empty string, unless a fallback is provided; see #fallback (below).

explicit

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Wikipedia |only=explicit }}

Result: Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia

wikidata

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Wikipedia |only=wikidata }}

Result: free multilingual online encyclopedia

prefer

Providing a value for |prefer= will initiate the search for the stated description, but try for the alternative if none is found. If no description is found, the result will be an empty string, unless a fallback is provided; see #fallback (below).

explicit or wikidata

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Wikipedia |prefer=explicit }}

Result: Free online crowdsourced encyclopedia

wikidata or explicit

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Wikipedia |prefer=wikidata }}

Result: free multilingual online encyclopedia

fallback

If a value for |fallback= is provided, and no description is found by the expressed route, the result will be the stated fallback.

only or fallback

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Example |only=explicit |fallback=This is a fallback }}

Result: This is a fallback

prefer or fallback

Markup: {{#invoke:GetShortDescription|main |name=Example |prefer=wikidata |fallback=This is a fallback }}

Result: Wikimedia disambiguation page

Foreign language wikidata descriptions

Should a wikidata description be retrieved, which is declared (at the source) as being of a foreign language (i.e. not en), per MOS:OTHERLANG, the return will be formatted as appropriate by Module:Lang by default. This may be disabled with |lang_no=yes or adjusted via the parameters for {{lang}}: |lang_italic=, |lang_nocat=, |lang_size=, |lang_cat= and |lang_rtl=; see lang's documentation for details.

Requiring this module

Instances when a table is returned

Providing a value for |objectify_alarm= will cause alarming messages (red informational messages) to be returned as tables.

Providing a value for |report_redlinks= will cause the return of a report instead of nothing in the event that the page named is nonexistent (i.e. a WP:REDLINK) and a search for a {{short description}} template is processed.

A table will also be returned in the event that the module is instructed to |prefer=explicit (its default), and returns a Wikidata description. If the reason for there being no explicit short description is because it was set to none; the table will include a value for table.none

See below for examples of these behaviors:

local getShortDescription = require( 'Module:GetShortDescription' ).main

local short_description = getShortDescription( {
  -- required
    name = 'page name',

  -- optional
    prefer = 'explicit' or 'wikidata',
    only = 'explicit' or 'wikidata',
    fallback = 'fallback',

    objectify_alarm = true,
    report_redlinks = true,

    lang_no = 'yes',

    -- {{lang}} options
    lang_italic = <yes, no, unset, invert, default>,
    lang_nocat = <yes, y, true, t, on, 1>,
    lang_size = <CSS font-size e.g. '1.5em'>,
    lang_cat = <no, n, false, f, off, 0>,
    lang_rtl = <no (default), yes>
} )

-- If we've requested to report_redlinks or to objectify_alarm then
if type( short_description ) == 'table' then
  if short_description.alarm then
    -- An alarming message has been returned
    local alarming_message = short_description.alarm
  elseif short_description.redlink then
    -- Do something about that
  elseif short_description.wikidata then
    -- A Wikidata description was returned without being explicitly requested
    local wikidata_description = short_description.wikidata
    if short_description.none then
      -- Because the explicit short desc was 'none'
    end
  end
end

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:GetShortDescription/doc. (edit | history)
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Subpages of this module.

local p = {}

local mLang = require( 'Module:Lang' )

local function pipedLink( name ) return '[[:' .. name ..  '|' .. name .. ']]' end

local function isEmpty( value ) return value == nil or value == '' end

local function notEmpty( value ) return not isEmpty( value ) end

local function alarmingMessage( message, nocat )
	message = '<span style="color:#d33">[[Module:GetShortDescription]] ' .. message .. '.</span>'
	if not nocat then message = message .. '[[Category:Pages displaying alarming messages about Module:GetShortDescription]]' end
	return message
end

-- Grammatically reasonable concatenation of possible issues into one message per problematic link target.
local function previewWarning( name, counters, probable_short_descriptions )
	local message = ''
	for i, params in ipairs( counters.params ) do
		if params > 3 then message = message .. ' with extraneous parameters' break end
	end
	if probable_short_descriptions > 1 then
		message = message .. ', declaring ' .. probable_short_descriptions .. ' short descriptions'
	end
	if counters.templates > 1 or notEmpty( message ) then
		message = 'has ' .. counters.templates .. ' {{tlx|short description}}' .. message
	end
	if notEmpty( message ) then
		mw.addWarning( alarmingMessage( 'has detected that ' .. pipedLink( name ) .. ' ' .. message, true ) )
	end
end

local function getWikidataDescription( name, lang )
	local wikidata_id = mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForTitle( name )
	if isEmpty( wikidata_id ) then return nil end
	local wikidata_description, wikidata_description_lang = mw.wikibase.getDescriptionWithLang( wikidata_id )
	if isEmpty( wikidata_description ) then return nil end
	if notEmpty( lang.no ) or wikidata_description_lang == 'en' then return wikidata_description end
	if isEmpty( wikidata_description_lang ) then return nil end
	return  mLang._lang {
		wikidata_description_lang,
		wikidata_description,
		italic = lang.italic,
		nocat = lang.nocat,
		size = lang.size,
		cat = lang.cat,
		rtl = lang.rtl
	}
end

local function getExplicitDescription( name )
	local page_content = mw.title.new( name ):getContent()
	if isEmpty( page_content ) then return alarmingMessage( 'could not getContent of ' .. pipedLink( name ) ) end
	local contents_of_all_short_description_templates = {}
	-- Because there could be any number of short description templates, and not all where there should be; get all the templates.
	for template in mw.ustring.gmatch( page_content, '{%b{}}' ) do
		local short_description_content = mw.ustring.match( template, '^{{%s*[Ss]hort description%s*|%s*(.-)%s*}}' )
		if notEmpty( short_description_content ) then
			-- Collect the contents of short description templates.
			contents_of_all_short_description_templates[ #contents_of_all_short_description_templates+1 ] = short_description_content
		end
		-- An opportunity for efficiency gain exists - to break if another type of template is found e.g. citation templates,
		-- but and appallingly formatted page, with a short description template down by the categories would likely be missed.
	end
	if #contents_of_all_short_description_templates < 1 then return nil end
	-- Start gethering numbers of things.
	local counters = { templates = #contents_of_all_short_description_templates, params = {} }
	local possible_short_descriptions = {}
	for tci, short_description_template_contents in ipairs( contents_of_all_short_description_templates ) do
		possible_short_descriptions[ tci ] = {}
		-- Split the contents at pipes and trim.
		local short_description_template_params = mw.text.split( short_description_template_contents, '%s*|%s*' )
		counters.params[ tci ] = #short_description_template_params
		for i, param in ipairs( short_description_template_params ) do
			if not param:match( '=' ) or param:match( '^1' ) then
				-- We need descriptions, but also 'noreplace' params to establish hierarchy.
				if param == 'noreplace' then possible_short_descriptions[ tci ][ 'noreplace' ] = true
				else possible_short_descriptions[ tci ][ 'description' ] = param end
			end
		end
	end
	local probable_short_descriptions = {}
	for i, possible_short_description in ipairs( possible_short_descriptions ) do
		if possible_short_description[ 'description' ] then
			-- If a description is 'noreplace'-ing; demote it.
			if possible_short_description[ 'noreplace' ] and #possible_short_descriptions > 1 then
				-- But don't demote it if it's already at the bottom.
				if i > 1 then table.insert( probable_short_descriptions, #probable_short_descriptions, possible_short_description )
				else probable_short_descriptions[ #probable_short_descriptions+1 ] = possible_short_description end
			else
				probable_short_descriptions[ #probable_short_descriptions+1 ] = possible_short_description
			end
		end
	end
	if #probable_short_descriptions >= 1 then
		-- Pop the last description form the list.
		local probable_short_description = probable_short_descriptions[ #probable_short_descriptions ][ 'description' ]
		if probable_short_description:match( '=' ) then
			-- Clean it up.
			probable_short_description = mw.ustring.gsub( probable_short_description, '^1%s*=%s*', '' )
		end
		-- Since 'none' is a legitimate description as far as the syntax is concerned...
		local is_none = probable_short_description:match( '^[Nn]one$' )
		if is_none then counters.templates = counters.templates - 1 end
		-- Let previewWarning() work out if these numbers are bad.
		previewWarning( name, counters, #probable_short_descriptions )
		if is_none then return nil end
		return probable_short_description
	end
	return nil
end

local function getShortDescription( args )
	local name = args.name
	if isEmpty( name ) then return alarmingMessage( 'requires a page name (including namespace)' ) end
	local result
	local only = args.only
	local prefer = args.prefer
	if isEmpty( prefer ) then prefer = 'explicit' end
	local lang = {
		italic = args.lang_italic,
		nocat = args.lang_nocat,
		size = args.lang_size,
		cat = args.lang_cat,
		rtl = args.lang_rtl,
		no = args.lang_no
	}
	if only == 'explicit' then result = getExplicitDescription( name )
	elseif only == 'wikidata' then result = getWikidataDescription( name, lang )
	elseif prefer == 'explicit' then result = getExplicitDescription( name ) or getWikidataDescription( name, lang )
	elseif prefer == 'wikidata' then result = getWikidataDescription( name, lang ) or getExplicitDescription( name )
	end
	return result or args.fallback
end

function p.main( frame ) return getShortDescription( frame.args ) or '' end

return p