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Usage
{{#invoke:Selected recent additions|main}}
Arguments come from the parent template {{Transclude selected recent additions}}; see documentation there for details.
See also
local randomModule = require('Module:Random')
function cleanupArgs(argsTable)
local cleanArgs = {}
for key, val in pairs(argsTable) do
if type(val) == 'string' then
val = val:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')
if val ~= '' then
cleanArgs[key] = val
end
else
cleanArgs[key] = val
end
end
return cleanArgs
end
function isAffirmed(val)
if not(val) then return false end
local affirmedWords = ' add added affirm affirmed include included on true yes y '
return string.find(affirmedWords, ' '..string.lower(val)..' ', 1, true ) and true or false
end
function makeOutput(allItems, maxItems, more, notRandom)
local output
if notRandom then
output = ''
local itemIndex = 1
local maxCount = math.min(#allItems, maxItems)
while itemIndex <= maxCount do
output = output .. allItems[itemIndex] .. '\n'
itemIndex = itemIndex + 1
end
else
local randomiseArgs = {
['t'] = allItems,
['limit'] = maxItems
}
local randomisedItems = randomModule.main('array', randomiseArgs )
output = table.concat(randomisedItems, '\n')
end
if more then
output = output .. more
end
return mw.text.trim(output)
end
function cleanForPatternMatching(wikitext)
-- remove wikilink brackets
local cleaned = mw.ustring.gsub(wikitext, "%[%[(.-)%]%]","%1")
-- remove pipes that would have been in piped links
cleaned = mw.ustring.gsub(cleaned, "%|"," ")
-- remove external links
cleaned = mw.ustring.gsub(cleaned, "%[.-%]"," ")
return cleaned
end
function makeCollapsed(outerText, innerText)
return "{{Hidden begin | titlestyle = font-weight:normal | title = " .. outerText .. "}}" .. innerText .. "{{Hidden end}}"
end
-- Get current events for a "YYYY Month D" date. Returns a table of list items.
function getRecentAdditions(subpage, keepPatterns, skipPatterns, showWikitext)
local title = mw.title.new('Wikipedia:Recent additions' .. subpage)
local raw = title:getContent()
local itemPattern = '%*%s?%.%.%.[%S ]*'
local items = {}
for item in mw.ustring.gmatch(raw, itemPattern) do
local keep = false
local skip = false
local isListItem = ( string.sub(item, 0, 1) == '*' )
if isListItem then
local text = cleanForPatternMatching(item)
for ii, keepPatt in pairs(keepPatterns) do
if not keep and mw.ustring.find(text, keepPatt) then
keep = true
end
end
if #skipPatterns > 0 then
for iii, skipPatt in pairs(skipPatterns) do
if not skip and mw.ustring.find(text, skipPatt) then
skip = true
end
end
end
end
if keep and not skip then
-- remove (pictured) inline note
local cleanItem = mw.ustring.gsub(item, "%s*''%(.-pictured.-%)''", "")
-- remove (illustrated) inline note
cleanItem = mw.ustring.gsub(cleanItem, "%s*''%(.-illustrated.-%)''", "")
if showWikitext then
-- remove html comments
cleanItem = mw.ustring.gsub(cleanItem, "%<%!%-%-(.-)%-%-%>", "")
local itemWikitext = "<pre>" .. mw.text.nowiki( cleanItem ) .. "</pre>"
cleanItem = makeCollapsed(cleanItem, itemWikitext)
end
table.insert(items, cleanItem)
end
end
return items
end
function getItems(maxMonths, patterns, skipPatterns, showWikitext)
local allItems = {}
local lang = mw.language.new('en')
local currentYear = tonumber(lang:formatDate('Y', 'now'))
local currentMonth = tonumber(lang:formatDate('n', 'now'))
local monthsAgo = 0
while monthsAgo < maxMonths do
local subpage
if monthsAgo == 0 then
subpage = ''
else
local year = currentYear - math.modf( (monthsAgo+12-currentMonth)/12 )
local month = math.fmod(12 + currentMonth - math.fmod(monthsAgo, 12), 12)
month = ( month ~= 0 ) and month or 12
subpage = lang:formatDate('/Y/F', year .. '-' .. month)
end
local monthlyItems = getRecentAdditions(subpage, patterns, skipPatterns, showWikitext)
for i, item in ipairs(monthlyItems) do
table.insert(allItems, item)
end
monthsAgo = monthsAgo + 1
end
return allItems
end
function getPatterns(args, prefix)
local patterns = {}
local ii = 1
while args[prefix and prefix..ii or ii] do
patterns[ii] = args[prefix and prefix..ii or ii]
ii = ii + 1
end
return patterns
end
local p = {}
p.main = function(frame)
local parent = frame.getParent(frame)
local parentArgs = parent.args
local args = cleanupArgs(parentArgs)
if args['not'] and not args['not1'] then
args['not1'] = args['not']
end
local patterns = getPatterns(args)
if #patterns < 1 then
return error("Search pattern not set")
end
local skipPatterns = getPatterns(args, 'not')
local months = tonumber(args.months) or 30
local showWikitext = isAffirmed(args.wikitext)
local allItems = getItems(months, patterns, skipPatterns, showWikitext)
if #allItems < 1 then
return args.header and '' or args.none or 'No recent additions'
end
local maxItems = tonumber(args.max) or 6
local more = args.more
if isAffirmed(args.more) then
more = "'''[[Wikipedia:Recent additions|More recent additions...]]'''"
end
local nonRandom = isAffirmed(args.latest)
local output = makeOutput(allItems, maxItems, more, nonRandom)
if args.header then
output = args.header .. '\n' .. output .. '\n' .. (args.footer or '{{Box-footer}}')
end
local needsExpansion = mw.ustring.find(output, '{{', 0, true)
if needsExpansion then
return frame:preprocess(output)
else
return output
end
end
return p