Module:Resolve category redirect

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Resolves a soft category redirect.

It takes one parameter, which is the name of a category. It returns that category name, unless the category exists and is a {{category redirect}} ... when it returns the name of the redirect target.

Usage

{{Resolve category redirect|categoryname}}

Examples

Category exists and is not redirected: Category:1970s

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>1970s</syntaxhighlight> → 1970s
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>1970s</syntaxhighlight> → 1970s

Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Mosques completed in the 19th century

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Mosques completed in the 19th century</syntaxhighlight> → Mosques completed in the 19th century
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Mosques completed in the 19th century</syntaxhighlight> → Mosques completed in the 19th century

Category exists and is a soft redirect: Category:Organisations

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Organisations</syntaxhighlight> → Organisations
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Organisations</syntaxhighlight> → Organisations

Non-existent category: Category:Colourless green things

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Colourless green things</syntaxhighlight> → Colourless green things
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>Colourless green things</syntaxhighlight> → Colourless green things

{{Title year}} in category: Category:1781 in Mexico

• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>1781 in New Spain</syntaxhighlight> → 1781 in New Spain
• <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline>1781 in New Spain</syntaxhighlight> → 1781 in New Spain

Templates

{{Title year}} and other templates without parameters are now allowed in the {{Category redirect}} target name, and are evaluated accordingly. Multiple templates are not evaluated, but such functionality can be requested with an appropriate working example.

The character ! is also now allowed (see testcases).

Avoiding deletion of the redirected page

It is helpful to also add {{R from category navigation}} or {{R from template-generated category}} (as appropriate) to indicate that the redirect is required for navigation between category pages. See those template page for full syntax. This also hides a speedy deletion button that is otherwise displayed to administrators.

Tracking categories

• Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories which are not resolved correctly (0)

See also

• Template:Category redirect
• Template:Category if exists

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Resolve category redirect/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (create) pages.
Subpages of this module.

local p = {}

local function cleanup( rtarget )
	rtarget = mw.text.trim( rtarget )
	rtarget = mw.ustring.gsub( rtarget, '^1%s*=%s*', '' )
	rtarget = string.gsub( rtarget, '^[Cc]ategory:', '' )
	return rtarget
end

--Returns the target of {{Category redirect}}, if it exists, else returns the original cat.
function p.rtarget( cat, frame )
	cat = string.gsub( cat, '^[Cc]ategory:', '' ) --"!" in cat not recognized by mw.title.makeTitle() otherwise
	if string.match( cat, '[|]' ) then
		return cat	
	end
	local catcontent = mw.title.makeTitle( 'Category', cat or '' ):getContent() --makeTitle() allows ':' in cat names
	if string.match( catcontent or '', '{{ *[Cc]at' ) then --regex common to all possible calls
		catcontent = mw.ustring.gsub( catcontent, '|%s*keep%s*=%s*[yY]?[eE]?[sS]?%s*', '' ) --remove other params
		local getRegex = require('Module:Template redirect regex').main
		local tregex = getRegex('Category redirect')
		for _, v in pairs (tregex) do
			local found = mw.ustring.match( catcontent, v..'%s*|' )
			if found then --refine
				local rtarget = mw.ustring.match( catcontent, v..'%s*|%s*([^{|}]+)}}' ) or --{{Category redirect|...}} (most common)
								mw.ustring.match( catcontent, v..'%s*|%s*([^{|}]+)|' )     --{{Category redirect|...|...}} (2nd most common)
				if rtarget then --normal, plain text target
					return cleanup(rtarget)
				else
					local ty_regex = '%s*|%s*([^{|}]*{{([^{|}]+)}}[^{|}]*)' --$1 nests $2
					local rtarget_orig, ty = mw.ustring.match( catcontent, v..ty_regex )
					if rtarget_orig then --{{Category redirect|...{{Title year}}... (least common)
						local ty_eval = frame:expandTemplate{ title = ty, args = { page = cat } } --frame:newChild doesn't work, use 'page' param instead
						local rtarget_eval = mw.ustring.gsub( rtarget_orig, '{{%s*'..ty..'%s*}}', ty_eval )
						return cleanup(rtarget_eval)
					else --potential TODO: 1) +loop for multiple templates, 2) allow sub-parameters
						return cat
	end	end	end	end	end
	return cat
end

function p.main( frame )
	local args = frame:getParent().args
	local cat  = mw.text.trim( args[1] or '' )
	if (cat == '') or (cat == nil) then
		return ''
	end
	return p.rtarget( cat, frame )
end

return p