Module:Is article

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This module depends on the following other modules:

Module:Arguments (sandbox)

Module:Is article is used to determine if a given page is an article, a redirect, a disambiguation page, does not exist or a bad title.

Usage

{{#invoke:Is article|main|page_name}}

Return values

Results and return values
Result	Return value
Article	article
Redirect	redirect
Disambiguation page	dab
Page does not exist	empty
bad title	badtitle

Parameter list

Parameter	Explanation
`1`	Positional or numbered parameter; The page name title.

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Is article/doc.
Editors can experiment in this module's sandbox and testcases pages.
Subpages of this module.

local p = {}

local disambiguationTemplates = {
	"[Dd]isambiguation",
	"[Dd]isambig",
	"[Dd]isamb",
	"[Dd]ab",
	"[Ss]urname"
	}

function p.main(frame)
	local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
	local args = getArgs(frame)
	title = args[1]
	page = mw.title.new(title, 0)

	if (not page.exists) then
		return "empty"
	end

	if (page.isRedirect) then
		return "redirect"
	end

	local content = page:getContent()
	if (content) then
		for i, name in ipairs(disambiguationTemplates) do
			if (content:match('{{%s*' .. name .. '.*}}')) then
				return "dab"
			end
		end
	end

	return "article"
end

return p