local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local mHatlist = require('Module:Hatnote list')
local mArguments --initialize lazily
local p = {}
function p.technicalReasons (frame)
mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
local args = mArguments.getArgs(frame)
return p._technicalReasons(args)
end
function p._technicalReasons (args)
--Return an error if no redirect's provided
if not args[1] then
return mHatnote.makeWikitextError(
'no redirect provided',
'Template:Technical reasons',
args.category
)
end
--get maxArg manually because getArgs() and table.maxn aren't friends
local maxArg = 0
for k, v in pairs(args) do
if type(k) == 'number' and k > maxArg then maxArg = k end
end
--If there's only 1–2 arguments, set from to 1 to default things nicely.
--Note that if (not args[2]) this doesn't matter either way.
local from = maxArg > 2 and 2 or 1
--Structure the forSee table
local forSee = mHatlist.forSeeArgsToTable(args, from)
--Suppresses defaulting; for-see table rows that would include defaulting
--are set to nil.
for k, v in pairs(forSee) do
if not v.use or #v.pages == 0 then forSee[k] = nil end
end
--Stringify the forSee table or set it nil
forSee = #forSee ~= 0 and mHatlist.forSeeTableToString(forSee) or nil
local lead = string.format(
'For [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (technical restrictions)#Forbidden characters|technical reasons]], "%s" redirects here.',
args[1]
)
local text = table.concat({lead, forSee}, ' ')
local options = {extraclasses = 'plainlinks selfreference noprint', selfref = true}
return mHatnote._hatnote(text, options)
end
return p
