Module:Wikidata label/doc

Documentation

The module provides functions to fetch from wikidata labels, aliases or sitelinks for specific item in specific language. Each function can be called both from Lua and from Wikitext templates.

getLabel

This function returns a label translated to desired language and linking to desired project, created based on wikidata. Used by {{Label}} template.

Call from template

{{#invoke:Wikidata label|getLabel |item=<''item ID''> |lang=<''language''> |link=<''link type''> |capitalization=,''capitalization style''> }}

Calls from Lua

require('Module:Wikidata label')._getLabel( item, [lang] , [link_type] , [capitalization] )

Inputs

Name	Function	Default
item		(required field)
lang	Language code (only needs to be provided if the language displayed is to be fixed and independent of the user’s preferences).	{{int:lang}}
link		wikipedia
capitalization		none

sitelinks

This function returns a list of sitelinks for a single project organized by language

Call from template

{{#invoke:Wikidata label|sitelinks |item=<''item ID''> |project=<''project''> }}

Calls from Lua

require('Module:Wikidata label')._sitelinks( item, project )

Inputs

Name	Function
item	Wikidata item ID number in form "Q" + item number or entity class
project	"wikipedia" (or "wiki"), "wikisource", "wikiquote", "wikibooks", "wikinews", "wikiversity", "wikivoyage", "wiktionary", etc.

Output

• for sitelinks a comma separated list
• for _sitelinks a lua table

aliases

This function returns a list of aliases for a single language

Call from template

{{#invoke:Wikidata label|aliases |item=<''item ID''> |lang=<''language''> }}

Calls from Lua

require('Module:Wikidata label')._aliases( item, lang )

Inputs

Name	Function
item	Wikidata item ID number in form "Q" + item number or entity class
lang	Language code

Output

• for aliases a comma separated list
• for _aliases a lua table