Module:Redirect/sandbox/doc
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Main function
[edit]The 'main' function of this module accepts the name of a single page. It determines if the page is a redirect; if so it looks up the page, extracts the target, and returns the target name as text. Its usage is {{#invoke:redirect|main|redirect-page-name}}.
The template normally neither takes nor gives square brackets, so to show the result asyty
a link use [[{{#invoke:redirect|main|redirect-page-name}}]]. An error is produced if the redirect does not exist, but for versatility no error is given if the file is not a redirect (returns the original text) or if the file name is blank (returns blank).
However, if the parameter bracket is given a nonblank value, brackets will be passed on if present.
Examples
[edit]{{#invoke:redirect|main|WP:AFC}}
produces
Wikipedia:Articles for creation
{{#invoke:redirect|main|[[WP:AFD]]|bracket=yes}}
produces
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
If the target isnt a redirect:
{{#invoke:redirect|main|Wikipedia:Articles for deletion|}}
produces
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion
Block function
[edit]The 'block' function replaces redirects with the actual names of articles in text entered either directly (using the text= parameter) or by specifying the name of an index page in the first unlabelled parameter. Because checking for redirects is WP:expensive, it only checks a limited number of links, so a feature is given to start only after reaching a link with a particular name. There is also a feature to limit replacements to piped links ([[A|B]] or unpiped links, or to make a piped link when an unpiped link is changed. This allows it to be used to make limited substitutions in articles without disrupting the text.
parameters
[edit]- 1 = provides the name of the page containing the multiple redirects to process. Ignored if text is specified.
- text = (or unnamed first parameter) provides a text on which to do substitutions
- 2 = (or unnamed second parameter) specifies the name of a wikilink (given in its original form, perhaps a redirect) at which to begin substitutions.
- pipe =
- If omitted, all links are processed: [[A]] -> [[X]], [[A|B]] -> [[X|B]]
- If no, unpiped links are processed: [[A]] -> [[X]], [[A|B]] -> [[A|B]]
- If yes, piped links are processed: [[A]] -> [[A]], [[A|B]] -> [[X|B]]
- If make, all links are processed, pipes are added on rename if absent: [[A]] -> [[A|X]], [[A|B]] -> [[X|B]]. Note that make is the setting most practical for article text to be subsequently screened for duplicate wikilinks.
- nowiki = (set to 'no' if some processing of the output is desired; usually you don't want this)