Module:Wikidata/doc

This module is a cosmetic modification of the original at Module:Sandbox/Tom Morris which was created 19 May 2013.

The module "Wikidata" contains:

• a call (getSpouse) that allows the calling script to retrieve the value for spouse (property P26) from Wikidata.
• a call (getBirthPlace) that allows the calling script to retrieve the value for birth_place (property P19) from Wikidata.

If the property is not defined in Wikidata for the article that invokes this code, then an empty string ("") is returned.

Usage

Spouse

• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|}} = returns nothing, so suppresses the display of spouse in an infobox
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} = returns the linked value(s) of property P26 (spouse) stored in wikidata for the corresponding article (e.g. for article Bill Clinton, it returns Hillary Rodham Clinton)
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|[[Hillary Clinton]]}} = returns Hillary Clinton, allowing an infobox to use a local value rather than the value stored in Wikidata.

Inside an infobox definition, it may be called like this:

• | data55 = {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|{{{spouse|FETCH_WIKIDATA}}} }}

which causes the infobox to:

1. not display spouse if the infobox parameter |spouse is set to be blank (as "| spouse ="}
2. display the linked value(s) from Wikidata if the infobox parameter |spouse is not supplied
3. display the local infobox parameter |spouse if it is supplied (e.g. "|spouse = Hillary Clinton")

Birth place

This works in just the same way as the calls above:

• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|}} = returns nothing, so suppresses the display of spouse in an infobox
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|FETCH_WIKIDATA}} = returns the linked value(s) of property P19 (place of birth) stored in wikidata for the corresponding article (e.g. for article Bill Clinton, it returns Hope, Arkansas)
• {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|[[Hope, Arkansas|Hope]]}} = returns Hope, allowing an infobox to use a local value rather than the value stored in Wikidata.

Parameters

• A single, unnamed parameter is supplied. This may be null, "FETCH_WIKIDATA", or any other string (within the module it is assigned to the local variable spouse_input)

Examples

Testing getSpouse

Copy and paste the following into any article and preview it (please don't save!):

* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|}}
* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|FETCH_WIKIDATA}}
* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getSpouse|[[Hillary Clinton]]}}

In Bill Clinton you should get:

• -
• - Hillary Rodham Clinton
• - Hillary Clinton

In Barack Obama you should get:

• -
• - Michelle Obama
• - Hillary Clinton

In Richard Burton you should get:

• -
• - Sally Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
• - Hillary Clinton

In Franz Kafka]] you should get:

• -
• -
• - Hillary Clinton

Testing getBirthplace

Copy and paste the following into any article and preview it (please don't save!):

* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|}}
* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|FETCH_WIKIDATA}}
* - {{#invoke:Sandbox/RexxS|getBirthPlace|[[Newport]]}}