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A helper module to find the most specific chronology portal which actually exists for a given year or decade. Used to simplify linking to a chronology portal.
- October 2019 update
All by-year and by-century portals have been deleted. There are now only 8 decade portals, listed in Category:Decades portals.
So all checking for century and year portals has been disabled.
If any of the decade portals are deleted, then this module should be edited to remove that decade from the table existingDecadePortals
Parameters
Takes one parameter, which must be either a year (e.g. "1879", "1123") or a decade (e.g. "1940s", "730s").
If the parameter is missing, empty, or does not fit the required format, an empty string is returned.
Output
If a portal is found, returns its name without the namespace prefix, e.g.
- for "Portal:1980s" return
1980s - for "Portal:19th century" return
19th century
If no portal is found, it returns an empty string.
Usage
- Year parameter
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |YYYY}} ... where YYYY is a 3- or 4-digit year
- Decade parameter
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |YYY0s}} ... where YYY0s is a 3- or 4-digit decade
Examples
- Years
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |2018}}→ Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 318: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |1935}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |1857}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |736}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |1800}}→
- Decades
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |2000s}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |1940s}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal |560s}}→
- Missing parameter
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal}}→
- Empty parameter
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal | }}→
- Invalid parameter
{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal | 1927-related}}→{{#invoke: FindYDCportal | findydcportal | Swedish chef}}→
Logic
If the parameter is a year:
- If the year portal exists, return its name.
Otherwise try the decade. - If the decade portal exists, return its name.
Otherwise try the century - If the century portal exists, return its name.
Otherwise return an empty string
If the parameter is a decade:
- If the decade portal exists, return its name.
Otherwise try the century - If the century portal exists, return its name.
Otherwise return an empty string
See also