Module:Category described in year: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 14:27, 12 May 2018

Revision as of 01:55, 14 May 2018

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'Spiders' use year -> decade -> century.

Any category group (i.e. Birds/Crustaceans/Molluscs/etc.) NOT explicitly outlined here in map{} will follow the 'Fish' tree for that group.

To create a customized tree, like 'Spiders' below, add it to the bottom of the map{} table, following the same general table format.

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elseif lastd == '3' then return s..'rd'

elseif lastd ~= nil then return s..'th'

else return '' end

else

return ''

end

return ''

end

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local description = nil

local categories = {}

local trackingCategories = {

[1] = '' --placeholder for [[Category:Described in year unknown category]]

}

local outString = nil

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iparent = iparent + 1

parenti = 'parent' .. iparent

end --end while map[currGroup][currYDC][parenti]

end

--TODO: check for cat existence & output to tracking category if template attempts to link to a non-existing cat

for _, category in pairs(categories) do

local cat = mw.ustring.match(category, '%[%[Category:([%w%s]+)')

if mw.title.new(cat, 14).exists == false then

trackingCategories[1] = '[[Category:Described in year unknown category]]'

break

end

end

end

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--append cats to outString

if currentTitle.namespace == 14 then --Category:

outString = outString .. table.concat(categories) .. table.concat(trackingCategories)

else

outString = outString .. '<br />' ..
mw.ustring.gsub(table.concat(categories, '<br />'), '%[%[', '[[:') .. '<br />' ..

mw.ustring.gsub(table.concat(trackingCategories, '<br />'), '%[%[', '[[:') .. '<br />'

end