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1,271 bytes added ,  20:52, 15 July 2021
Pywikibot 6.4.0
--[[
-- This module produces a "For a broader coverage related to this topic" link. It implements
-- the {{broader}} template.
--]]

local mHatlist = require('Module:Hatnote list')
local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local mArguments -- lazily initialize
local mTableTools --lazily initialize

local p = {}

local s = { --localizable strings
broaderForm = 'For broader coverage of %s, see %s.',
defaultTopic = 'this topic'
}

function p.broader(frame)
mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools')
local originalArgs = mArguments.getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true})
local args = mTableTools.compressSparseArray(originalArgs)
-- re-add non-numeric arguments omitted by compressSparseArray
for _, name in pairs({'category', 'selfref', 'topic'}) do
args[name] = originalArgs[name]
end
return p._broader(args)
end

function p._broader(args)
if not args[1] then
return mHatnote.makeWikitextError(
'no page name specified',
'Template:Broader#Errors',
args.category
)
end
local list = mHatlist.andList(args, true)
local topic = args.topic or s.defaultTopic
local text = string.format(s.broaderForm, topic, list)
options = {selfref = args.selfref}
return mHatnote._hatnote(text, options)
end

return p

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