Module:Settlement Wikidata/doc
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Uses Wikidata to look up area or population of settlement for use in {{Infobox settlement}} (or infoboxes that wrap it). Implements the following templates, see their test cases to test this module:
- {{Austria metadata Wikidata}} (test cases)
- {{France metadata Wikidata}} (test cases)
- {{Romania metadata Wikidata}} (test cases)
- {{Spain metadata Wikidata}} (test cases)
- {{Swiss metadata Wikidata}} (test cases)
See also: Lua test cases that gather these tests into one place.
Note that the module implements the community standard of returning values from Wikidata only if sourced to external sources.
Usage
[edit]{{#invoke:Settlement Wikidata|main}}
Parameters
[edit]- args[1]
- The name of the parameter in {{Infobox settlement}} whose value should be looked up in Wikidata, e.g.,
|area_total_km2=or|population_footnotes= - args[2]
- Optionally, the format of the returned date for "as of" look ups (e.g., "dmy" or "mdy")
- country
- the name of the country that contains the settlement
Returns
[edit]Depending on the parameter, either return a value, a date, or an auto-generated reference