Module:Women in Red event/doc

Usage

This module has various functons that use the list of WikiProject Women in Red events stored at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/events. These are used in Template:WikiProject Women in Red, Template:WIR meetup header and elsewhere.

main function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|event|field}}

• Given an event number, reads one of the fields (event, year, month, type, image, series)

For example:

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|294|name}} gives "Education"
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|7|year}} gives "2016"
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|main|236|series}} gives "Alphabet run"

text function

Produces a piped link to the event page followed by the date, for use in the project banner. For example:

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|text|291}} gives "Women who died: 2023 edit-a-thon from December 2023 to January 2024"

date function

Produces a formatted date (including month and year) of the event. For example:

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|date|210}} gives "October–December 2021"

findLatest function

Shows the latest event number to be defined (currently 354), ignoring the quasi event numbers "2017" and "2018". For example

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest}} gives "354"

An optional parameter |add= can be used to add or subtract numbers to the latest. For example

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|findLatest|add=1}} gives "355"

List functions

Produce a list of events, for various purposes.

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|list}} is a full list of all events, currently shown on Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red/events.
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|articleBySeries}} is a list of all events in a certain series. The first unnamed parameter is the name of the series (e.g. "Alphabet run"). Used on pages such as Category:WikiProject Women in Red Alphabet run articles.
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|articleByYear}} is a list of all events in a particular year. The unnamed parameter specifies the year, e.g. 2023. Used on pages such as Category:WikiProject Women in Red 2023 articles.
• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|event_list_by_year}} is a collapsed list of all events by year, for use in Template:Women in Red navigation.

count_banners function

Used by Template:WikiProject Women in Red to count the number of WIR banners on the page, and output a category if this number is more than 1, i.e. there are multiple banners on the same page. It looks for templates of the form {{WIR...}} or {{WikiProject Women in Red...}}. The categories are shown in Category:Pages with multiple WikiProject Women in Red banners.

current_events function

Produces a list of current and upcoming events, for navigational purposes at the top of meetup pages.

For example:

• {{#invoke:Women in Red event|current_events}} produces

Recently completed:	Alphabet run: S & T Women in STEM Halloween
November 2025:	Alphabet run: U, V, W Asian women
Ongoing initiatives:	Music #1day1woman
Upcoming events:	Ideas

events function

{{#invoke:Women in Red event|events}}

Produces a list of current, upcoming and recently completed events, for use on Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Events. It has a number of optional parameters:

• monthly - include a section for edit-a-thons in the current month. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |monthly=Happening now
• ongoing - include a section for ongoing initiatives or contests. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |ongoing=Ongoing initiatives
• upcoming - include a section for upcoming events. This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |upcoming=Coming up
• recent - include a section for recently completed events (i.e. events in the previous month). This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |recent=Recently completed
• past - include a section for all past events (except recently completed). This parameter defines the heading, e.g. |past=Past events

category_header function

Used by Template:WIR category to produce a header for various categories.