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Created page with "require ('Module:No globals'); --[[--------------------------< F O R W A R D D E C L A R A T I O N S >-------------------------------------- each of these counts against the Lua upvalue limit ]] local validation; -- functions in Module:Citation/CS1/Date_validation local utilities; -- functions in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities local z ={}; -- table of tables in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities local identifiers;..."
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(Created page with "require ('Module:No globals'); --[[--------------------------< F O R W A R D D E C L A R A T I O N S >-------------------------------------- each of these counts against the Lua upvalue limit ]] local validation; -- functions in Module:Citation/CS1/Date_validation local utilities; -- functions in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities local z ={}; -- table of tables in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities local identifiers;...") |
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checks the content of |title-link=, |series-link=, |author-link=, etc. for properly formatted content: no wikilinks, no URLs | checks the content of |title-link=, |series-link=, |author-link=, etc. for properly formatted content: no wikilinks, no URLs | ||
Link parameters are to hold the title of a | Link parameters are to hold the title of a Wikipedia article, so none of the WP:TITLESPECIALCHARACTERS are allowed: | ||
# < > [ ] | { } _ | # < > [ ] | { } _ | ||
except the underscore which is used as a space in wiki URLs and # which is used for section links | except the underscore which is used as a space in wiki URLs and # which is used for section links | ||
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Check archive.org URLs to make sure they at least look like they are pointing at valid archives and not to the | Check archive.org URLs to make sure they at least look like they are pointing at valid archives and not to the | ||
save snapshot URL or to calendar pages. When the archive URL is 'https://web.archive.org/save/' (or http://...) | save snapshot URL or to calendar pages. When the archive URL is 'https://web.archive.org/save/' (or http://...) | ||
archive.org saves a snapshot of the target page in the URL. That is something that | archive.org saves a snapshot of the target page in the URL. That is something that Wikipedia should not allow | ||
unwitting readers to do. | unwitting readers to do. | ||
When the archive.org URL does not have a complete timestamp, archive.org chooses a snapshot according to its own | When the archive.org URL does not have a complete timestamp, archive.org chooses a snapshot according to its own | ||
algorithm or provides a calendar 'search' result. [[ | algorithm or provides a calendar 'search' result. [[WP:ELNO]] discourages links to search results. | ||
This function looks at the value assigned to |archive-url= and returns empty strings for |archive-url= and | This function looks at the value assigned to |archive-url= and returns empty strings for |archive-url= and | ||
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-- web and news not tested for now because of | -- web and news not tested for now because of | ||
-- | -- Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Is_there_a_semi-automated_tool_that_could_fix_these_annoying_"Cite_Web"_errors? | ||
if not (utilities.is_set (Periodical) or utilities.is_set (ScriptPeriodical)) then -- 'periodical' templates require periodical parameter | if not (utilities.is_set (Periodical) or utilities.is_set (ScriptPeriodical)) then -- 'periodical' templates require periodical parameter | ||
-- local p = {['journal'] = 'journal', ['magazine'] = 'magazine', ['news'] = 'newspaper', ['web'] = 'website'}; -- for error message | -- local p = {['journal'] = 'journal', ['magazine'] = 'magazine', ['news'] = 'newspaper', ['web'] = 'website'}; -- for error message | ||