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Module:Television episode disambiguation creates an entry in a disambiguation page by converting a plain text episode article name into a correctly formatted link and its short description. The style of the links follows the guidelines at WP:NCTV, MOS:DABENTRY, MOS:ITALICTITLE and MOS:QUOTETITLE.

This module implements the {{Television episode disambiguation description}} template.

Usage

• {{#invoke:Television episode disambiguation description|main}}

Parameter list

Parameter	Explanation	Status
name	The episode's full article name	required
not_disambiguated	Set if the parentheses is part of the episode name	optional
link_only	Set if you are only interested in getting a formatted article link	optional

Examples

Further information: Template:Television episode disambiguation description § Examples

See also

• Template:Television episode disambiguation description
• Module:Television episode short description
• Template:Television episode short description

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-- Do not add a style which is not supported by the [[WP:NCTV]] guidelines.

-- This module requires the use of Module:Extract short description.
local extract = require('Module:Extract short description');

-- Release version template list.
local releaseTemplates = {
	'Infobox television episode',
	'Infobox Television episode',
	'Television episode short description',
	'Short description',
}

-- Disambiugation template list.
local disambiguationTemplateNameList = {
	'Disambiguation',
	'Disambig',
	'Dab',	
	'Disamb',
	'Disambiguation page', -- 78, these should be converted.
	'DAB', -- 55, these should be converted.
	'Disam', -- 35, these should be converted.
}

-- Tracking category list. 
local trackingCategoryList = {
	[1] = '[[Category:Television episode articles listed in disambiguation pages]]'
}

local p = {}

-- Local function used to check if the invoking page is a disambiguation page.
local function isInvokedFromDisambiguationPage(articleTitle)
	local content = mw.title.new(articleTitle):getContent();							-- Read the unparsed article source.
	
	for _, templateName in ipairs(disambiguationTemplateNameList) do					-- Loop through the template names in the list.
		local templateNamePattern
		templateNamePattern = templateName:gsub('^%a', string.lower)					-- If the first character of the template is an alpha character, make it lowercase: B → b.
		templateNamePattern = templateNamePattern:gsub('^%a', '%[%1%1%]') 				-- If the first character of the template is an alpha character, make it a pair: b → bb and wrap the pair in set markup: bb → [bb].
		templateNamePattern = templateNamePattern:gsub('%[%a', string.upper)			-- If the first character of the template is "[" followed by an alpha character, make the alpha character uppercase: [bb] → [Bb].

		local templateFound = content:find('{{%s*' .. templateNamePattern)				-- Find the start of "{{template name ...".
		if templateFound then
			return true																	-- A matching template was found; Return true.
		else
			return false																-- A matching template was not found; Return false.
		end
	end
end
	
-- Local function used to create the stylized article disambiguation.
local function getStylizedDisambiguation(disambiguation)
	local isDisambiguationExtended = string.find(disambiguation, "episode")				-- Search for the word "episode" in the article name disambiguation (disambiguation is extended).
	
	if not isDisambiguationExtended then												-- Check if the article name has extended disambiguation.
		return "(''" .. disambiguation .. "'')"											-- Article does not have extended disambiguation; 
																						-- Add italics to the disambiguation which should only be the TV series name per [[MOS:ITALICTITLE]] and [[WP:NCTV]].
	else																				-- Articles has extended disambiguation;
		local tvSeries = string.gsub(disambiguation, "episode", "", 1, true)			-- Get the TV series name without the extended disambiguation.
		tvSeries = mw.text.trim(tvSeries)												-- Remove trailing whitespaces.
		return "(''" .. tvSeries .. "'' episode)"										-- Add italics to the disambiguation which should only be the TV series name per [[MOS:ITALICTITLE]] and [[WP:NCTV]]; 
	end																					-- and add back the extended disambiguation.

end

-- Local function used to create the stylized article title.
local function getStylizedArticleTitle(articleName)
	local articleTitle = string.gsub(articleName, "%s+%b()$", "", 1, false)				-- Get the article title without the disambiguation.
	return "\"" .. articleTitle .. "\""													-- Add quotation marks to the title per [[MOS:QUOTETITLE]].
end

-- Local function used to get the disambiguated formatted episode link.
local function getDisambiguatedFormattedLink(articleName)
	local disambiguation = string.match(articleName, "%s%((.-)%)")						-- Get the text inside the disambiguation parentheses.

	if not disambiguation then															-- Check if the article name does not have disambiguation parentheses.
		return "\"[[" .. articleName .. "]]\""											-- Article does not have disambiguation parentheses; Add quotation marks to the title per [[MOS:QUOTETITLE]] and return it.
	else																				-- Article has disambiguation parentheses;
		local stylizedArticleTitle = getStylizedArticleTitle(articleName)				-- Call getStylizedArticleTitle() to get the stylized article title.
		local stylizedDisambiguation = getStylizedDisambiguation(disambiguation)		-- Call getStylizedDisambiguation() to get the stylized disambiguation.
		local stylizedName = stylizedArticleTitle .. " " .. stylizedDisambiguation		-- Recreate the article name from the title and disambiguation.
		return "[[" .. articleName .. "|" .. stylizedName .. "]]"						-- Create a pipped link and return it.
	end
	
	return 
end

-- Local function used to create a formatted episode link.
local function getFormmatedArticleLink(articleName, parenthesesPartOfTitle)
	local formattedLink																	-- Variable to save the formatted link.

	if (parenthesesPartOfTitle ~= nil) then												-- Check if the parentheses is part of the episode title.
		formattedLink = "\"[[" .. articleName .. "]]\""									-- Parentheses is part of the title; Add quotation marks to the title per [[MOS:QUOTETITLE]].
	else																				-- Parentheses is not part of the title; 
		formattedLink = getDisambiguatedFormattedLink(articleName)						-- Call getDisambiguatedFormmatedLink() to get the disambiguated formatted episode link.
	end

    return formattedLink																-- Return the formatted link.
end

-- Local function used to retrieve the short description
-- from an episode article's template - either Template:Infobox television episode or Template:Short description.
-- See the table list for the complete template list.
local function getShortDescription(frame, articleName)
	local templatesTable = releaseTemplates;											-- Get the release version template list by default.

	local shortDescription																-- Create a variable to store the short description.
	local descriptionFound																-- Create a variable to store the success result.
	shortDescription, descriptionFound = 
	extract.extract_from_template(frame, articleName, templatesTable)					-- Call extract_from_template() from Module:Extract short description to get the short description.
		
	-- Currently this is redundant as it always returns the same item,
	-- however this is in place for future possibilities.
	if descriptionFound then															-- Check if a short description was found.
		shortDescription = shortDescription:gsub("^%a", string.lower)                   -- The description should start with a lowercase letter.
		return shortDescription															-- A short description was found; Return it.
	else
		return shortDescription															-- A short description was not found; Return the error message.
	end
end

-- Local function that does the actual main process.
local function _main(frame, articleName, parenthesesPartOfTitle, formattedLinkOnly)
	if (formattedLinkOnly ~= nil) then													-- Check if only a formatted link is needed.
	return getFormmatedArticleLink(articleName, parenthesesPartOfTitle)					-- Only a formatted link is needed; Call getFormmatedArticleLink() and return a formatted link.
																						-- TODO: this might need to use the same tracking category or a different one.
		
	else																				-- A complete entry is needed.
		local formattedLink = getFormmatedArticleLink(
			articleName, parenthesesPartOfTitle)										-- Call getFormmatedArticleLink() and return a formatted link.
		local shortDescription = getShortDescription(frame, articleName)				-- Call getShortDescription() and return the episode's short description.
		
		local articleTitle = frame:getParent():getTitle()								-- Get the invoking article's title.
		local invokedFromDisambiugation = isInvokedFromDisambiguationPage(articleTitle)	-- Call isInvokedFromDisambiguationPage() to check if the invoking page is a disambiugation page.

		if invokedFromDisambiugation then												-- Check if the invoking page was a disambiugation page.
			return formattedLink .. ", " .. shortDescription .. trackingCategoryList[1]	-- Invoking page was a disambiugation page; Return a complete entry with a tracking category.
		else
			return formattedLink .. ", " .. shortDescription							-- Invoking page was not a disambiugation page; Return a complete entry without a tracking category.
		end
	end
end

-- Local function used to create an error message.
local function getErrorMsg(errorMsg)
	return '<span style="font-size:100%;" class="error">error: ' .. errorMsg .. '.</span>'
end

-- Public function used to create an entry for a television episode
-- in a disambiguation page.
-- The entry is in the form of: "<article name>", <short description>
-- If set to "link_only", only a formatted episode link will be returned.
-- See documentation for examples.
--
-- This module function takes three parameters:
--	{{{1}}} or |article= — required; The name of the episode's article name.
--	|not_disambiguated= — optional; Set if the parentheses is part of the episode name.
--	|link_only= — optional; Set if you are only interested in getting a formatted article link.
function p.main(frame)
	local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs;								-- Use Module:Arguments to access module arguments.
	local args = getArgs(frame);														-- Get the arguments sent via the template.

	local articleName = args["name"]													-- Get the article name.
	
	if (articleName == nil) then														-- Check if the article name was entered.
		return getErrorMsg("an article title is required")								-- No article name was entered; Call getErrorMsg() to create an error message and return it.
	end

	local parenthesesPartOfTitle = args["not_disambiguated"]							-- Get the optional value.
	local formattedLinkOnly = args["link_only"]											-- Get the optional value.

	return _main(frame, articleName, parenthesesPartOfTitle, formattedLinkOnly)			-- Call _main() to perform the actual process.

end	

return p