Modulis:WikidataIB

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This module is designed specifically to implement a mechanism which moves control of whether Wikidata values are used in a template from the template coder at the template design level to the editor at the article level. It is only intended to be used inside an infobox or other template.

One of the two sandboxes should be used for testing anything other than trivial amendments.

Test examples for the main module and the two sandboxes are available.

Modules and test cases

	Module	Test cases
Main	Modulis:WikidataIB	Module talk:WikidataIB/testing
sandbox	Modulis:WikidataIB/sandbox (Veidne:Compare pages)	Module talk:WikidataIB/sandbox/testing (Veidne:Compare pages)
sandbox1	Modulis:WikidataIB/sandbox1 (Veidne:Compare pages)	Module talk:WikidataIB/sandbox1/testing (Veidne:Compare pages)

Overview

The module provides these calls specifically for use in infoboxes at present:

1. getValue - main call, used to get the value(s) of a given property
2. getQualifierValue - given: (1) a property; (2) its value; (3) a qualifier's propertyID, returns values which match
3. getValueByQual gets the value of a property which has a qualifier with a given entity value
4. getValueByLang gets the value of a property which has a qualifier P407("language of work or name") whose value has the given language code
5. getValueByRefSource gets the value of a property which has a reference "stated in" (P248) whose value has the given entity-ID
6. getPropOfProp if the value(s) of prop1 are of type "wikibase-item" then it returns the value(s) of prop2 of each of those wikibase-items
7. getAwardCat if the item has values of P166 (award received), then it examines each of those awards for P2517 (category for recipients of this award) and it returns the corresponding category, with the item's P734 (family name) as sort key, or no sort key if there is no family name
8. getIntersectCat for each value of the prop1 it fetches the value's main category and then each value of prop2, then it returns all of the categories representing the intersection of those properties
9. getSumOfParts scans the property 'has part' (P527) for values matching a list, If the matched values have a qualifier 'quantity' (P1114), those quantities are summed and returned (but zero returns nil)
10. getCoords - gets coordinates and passes them through Template:Coord

The obsolete call getSourcedValue has now been removed as it is redundant to getValue which can do the same job using the |onlysourced=true parameter (which is set by default). The deprecated call getPreferredValue is still retained, but should be replaced by getValue|rank=best.

There are also these utility calls:

1. getLink if there is a sitelink to an article on the local Wiki, it returns a link to the article with the Wikidata label as the displayed text. If there is no sitelink, it returns the label as plain text. If there is no label in the local language, it returns the entity-ID
2. getAT (Article Title) If there is a sitelink to an article on the local Wiki, it returns the sitelink as plain text, otherwise nothing
3. getSiteLink gets the plain text link to an article on a given wiki
4. getLabel returns the Wikidata label for the local language as plain text. If there is no label in the local language, it returns the entity-ID
5. getAllLabels fetches the set of labels and formats it for display as wikitext
6. labelorid returns the label with all wikitext removed, or the entity-ID if no label
7. getDescription returns the article description for the Wikidata entity if the local parameter is "Wikidata".
8. getAllDescriptions fetches the set of descriptions and formats it for display as wikitext
9. getAliases returns the aliases for the entity in the current or given language
10. getAllAliases fetches the set of aliases and formats it for display as wikitext
11. pageId returns the connected Wikidata page id (entity-ID, Q-number) of the current page
12. formatDate takes a datetime of the usual format from mw.wikibase.entity:formatPropertyValues and formats it according to the df (date format) and bc parameters
13. formatNumber formats a number according to the supplied language code
14. checkBlacklist returns true if the field is not blacklisted (i.e. allowed)
15. emptyor returns nil if the parameter is just punctuation, whitespace or html tags, otherwise returns the argument unchanged
16. getLang returns the MediaWiki language code or the full language name of the current content
17. getItemLangCode looks for country (P17), then for that country's official language (P37), and returns its language code (P424)
18. findLanguage returns (1) supplied language if valid; or (2) the user's set language; or (3) the language of the current wiki
19. getQid returns (1) the entity-ID, if supplied; or (2) the entity ID of the "category's main topic (P301)"; or (3) the entity ID associated with the current page; or (4) nothing
20. followQid given a list of properties, looks for each property in turn and returns the entity-ID of the first value that matches (optionally, returns all entity-IDs that match)
21. getGlobe returns the entity-ID of the globe used in P625 (coordinate location), or nil if there isn't one
22. getCommonsLink returns one of the following in order of preference: the Commons sitelink of the linked Wikidata item; the Commons sitelink of the topic's main category of the linked Wikidata item;
23. siteID returns the root of the globalSiteID, e.g. "en" for "enwiki", "enwikisource", "en-gb", etc.
24. projID same as siteID
25. location scans from the current location upwards along the chain of higher-level locations, returning each one until it reaches a country
26. examine returns a formatted dump of the given property
27. url2 takes a parameter that is a proper url and formats it for use in an infobox; it accepts its own output as input
28. getWebsite fetches the Official website (P856) and formats it for use in an infobox
29. checkvalue looks through a property for a given entity-ID as its value and returns that entity-ID if found; otherwise nil
30. checkValidity returns whether the first unnamed parameter represents a valid entity-id
31. showNoLinks displays the article titles that should not be linked

Examples of calls:

{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue |<PropertyID> |name=<fieldname> |suppressfields=<list of fields which will never display> |fetchwikidata=<list of fields to fetch values from Wikidata> |onlysourced=<yes/no> |noicon=<yes/no> |df=<dmy/mdy/y> |bc=<BC/BCE> |qual=<ALL/DATES/P999> |list=<ubl/hlist/prose> |linked=<yes/no> |<local parameter>}}

{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getCoords |name=<fieldname> |suppressfields=<list of fields which will never display> |fetchwikidata=<list of fields to fetch values from Wikidata> |<local parameter>}}

{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getQualifierValue |<PropertyID> |pval=<ID of target value for the property> |qual=<qualifier ID for that target value> |name=<fieldname> |suppressfields=<list of fields which will never display> |fetchwikidata=<list of fields to fetch values from Wikidata> |onlysourced=<yes/no>}}

{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValueByQual |<PropertyID> |qualID=<qualifier property ID to match> |qvalue=<QID of target value for the qualifier property> |name=<fieldname> |suppressfields=<list of fields which will never display> |fetchwikidata=<list of fields to fetch values from Wikidata> |onlysourced=<yes/no>}}

{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValueByLang |<PropertyID> |lang=<language code to match> |name=<fieldname> |suppressfields=<list of fields which will never display> |fetchwikidata=<list of fields to fetch values from Wikidata> |onlysourced=<yes/no>}}

Function getValue

Parameters to getValue

Name	Alias	Function	Default
(first unnamed)	1	The property-ID whose values are returned. Required.
(second unnamed)	2	A locally supplied value that, if it is not empty, will be returned in preference to the value on Wikidata.	empty
qid		The Q-number (entity-ID) of the entity that the property belongs to. If not supplied or empty, defaults to the associated Wikidata entry of the current page – uses mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForCurrentPage().	Item id for current page
eid		An alternative to qid. Except for eid, all parameters to getValue treat nil and the empty string the same. So, setting |x= gives the same result as omitting the parameter. However, to provide some compatibility with other modules, using |eid= always returns an empty string, while omitting eid allows qid to work as normal.	Item id for current page
rank		[Case insensitive] When set to best, returns preferred values if present, otherwise returns normal values. When set to preferred returns preferred values. When set to normal, returns normal values. When set to deprecated returns deprecated values. Any parameter value beginning with "b" is "best"; beginning with "p" is "preferred"; beginning with "n" is "normal"; beginning with "d" is deprecated. Multiple values are allowed: "p n d" would return all ranks. "Best" overrides the other flags. Other values are ignored and if no ranks are requested, preferred and normal are returned.	preferred and normal
qual		A punctuation-separated list of property-IDs of qualifiers that are to be returned in parentheses after the property. Setting qual=ALL returns all qualifiers. Setting qual=DATES returns and with a date separator.	none
qualsonly	qo	A boolean which enables the display of just the qualifier(s), without the property value or parentheses. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
fetchwikidata	fwd	List of fields to fetch values from. ALL fetches all fields. A value of NONE or blank or omitting the parameter fetches no fields.	none
suppressfields	spf	List of fields which will never display. This will even force a local value in the field not to display.	none
name		Name of the field. When encoding an infobox, this is the name that fetchwikidata and suppressfields will recognise. Required if fetchwikidata or suppressfields is specified (except when fetchwikidata=ALL).	nil
onlysourced	osd	A boolean which will filter out Wikidata values that are unsourced or only sourced to Wikipedia. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	true
df		Date format: may be dmy (day before month) or mdy (month before day) or y (year alone).	dmy
qdf		Date format of qualifiers. If omitted, defaults to parameter df, or "y" if df is also omitted.	value of df or "y"
bc		Format of the BC/BCE suffix for dates.	BCE
plaindate	pd	String to modify formatting of dates. Setting "true"/"yes"/"1" disables adding "sourcing cirumstances" (P1480) and any links. Setting "adj" does the same but uses the adjectival form of the date.	false
linked		A boolean that enables the link to a local page via its sitelink on Wikidata. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	true
displaytext	dt	A string that overrides the displayed text of a linked item if it is non-empty.	empty
shortname	sn	A boolean that enables the use of shortname (P1813) instead of label for a linked item. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
uselabel	uselbl	A boolean that forces the display of the label instead of the disambiguated sitelink for a linked item. Labels are much more prone to vandalism that sitelinks. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
wdlinks	wdl	A boolean that enables the display of links to Wikidata when no local article exists. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
unitabbr	uabbr	A boolean that enables unit abbreviations for common units. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
convert	conv	A boolean that enables passing of quantities to Template:Cvt. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
showunits	su	A boolean that enables showing units for quantities. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	true
scale		A string that sets scaling for format of quantities. Values are: "a"=automatic; "0"=no scaling; "3"=thousand; "6"=million; "9"=billion; "12"=trillion.	0
maxvals		Sets the maximum number of values to be returned when multiple values are available. Setting it to 1 is useful where the returned string is used within another call, e.g. image. Values 0 and empty return all values.	0 (all)
collapse		Sets the maximum number of values to be returned before the content is auto-collapsed. Values 0 and empty allow all content to be displayed uncollapsed.	0 (all)
linkprefix	lp	A link prefix that is prepended to the linked value when linked. Applies only to items that have articles and to strings (e.g. url). It triggers linking of strings. Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed.	empty
linkpostfix		A link postfix that is appended to the linked value when linked. Applies only to items that have articles and to strings (e.g. url). It triggers linking of strings. Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed.	empty
prefix		A prefix that is prepended to the displayed value of strings (e.g. url). Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed.	empty
postfix		A postfix that is appended to the displayed value of strings (e.g. url). Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed.	empty
qlinkprefix	qlp	Qualifier link prefix (see linkprefix).	empty
qlinkpostfix		Qualifier link postfix (see linkpostfix).	empty
qprefix		Qualifier prefix (see prefix).	empty
qpostfix		Qualifier postfix (see postfix).	empty
sorted		A boolean which enables sorting of the values returned. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
qsorted		A boolean which enables sorting of the qualifier values within each item returned. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
noicon		A boolean which will suppress the trailing "edit at Wikidata" pen-icon. Useful for when the returned value is to be further processed. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false
list		The name of a template that the list of multiple values is then passed through. Examples include "cslist", "hlist", "ubl", "blist", "olist", "p-1". A special value, prose, produces "1, 2, 3 and 4".	none
sep		Customises the string that is used to separate multiple returned values. Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed. If nothing or an empty string is passed it is set to the default list separator (", " in English).	", "
qsep		Customises the string that is used to separate multiple returned qualifier values. Any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed. If nothing or an empty string is passed it is set to the default list separator (", " in English).	", "
format		Determines whether global coordinates should be rendered as degree/minute/second or as decimal degrees. Any value beginning "dec" (case insensitive) will render as decimal. Anything else will render as DMS.	dms
show		Determines how global coordinates should be returned. The value "longlat" will return longitude, latitude. Any other value beginning "lon" (case insensitive) will return just longitude. Any value beginning "lat" (case insensitive) will return just latitude. When used with |noicon=true, all of these will be pure numbers in decimal degrees (signed: N and E as positive), which are intended for use in mapping templates, etc. Anything other value (or nothing) will render the usual coordinate values as DMS or decimal with "NSEW" qualifiers, etc.	empty
lang		Allows an unlinked value to be returned in the chosen language. Takes a standard ISO language code recognised by MediaWiki. If not supplied or blank, the local language (or set language for multi-lingual wikis) is used as normal.	local language
parameterset	ps	Convenience parameter to allow commonly used sets of parameters to be specified with a single parameter: ps=1 gets a simple linked value wherever possible; ps=2 represents a plain text value. See Parameter sets
linkredir		Boolean to switch on or off the check for a redirect with the same name as the label when there is no sitelink on Wikidata for the value. Values no, false and 0 are all false; anything else is true.	false

Base parameters

• getValue can also take a named parameter |qid= which is the Wikidata ID for an article. This will not normally be used as omitting it defaults to the current article.
• The property whose value is to be returned is passed in the first unnamed property and is required.
• The second unnamed parameter, if supplied, will become the returned value and no call to Wikidata will be made.

Whitelist and blacklist

• The name of the field that this function is called from is passed in the named parameter |name=, which is first checked against a blacklist of fields that are never to be displayed, (i.e. the call must return nil in all circumstances). If the field is not on the blacklist, it is then checked against a whitelist. If the name of the field matches, the call will return any locally supplied value if it is supplied as the second unnamed parameter, or the Wikidata value otherwise.
• Specifying |fetchwikidata=ALL is a shortcut to return all fields that are not blacklisted.
• The name is compulsory when the blacklist or whitelist is used, so the module returns nil if it is not supplied, other than when |fetchwikidata=ALL.
• The blacklist is passed in the named parameter |suppressfields=
• The whitelist is passed in the named parameter |fetchwikidata=

Sourcing

The getValue function will accept a boolean parameter onlysourced which will suppress return of Wikidata values that are unsourced or only sourced to a Wikimedia project. The absence of the parameter, an empty parameter (|onlysourced=) and the empty string ("") all default to true (i.e. only referenced values are returned). The values no, false and 0 are treated as false (i.e. all values are returned); any other value is true (although |onlysourced=yes/no is recommended for readability).

Link to Wikidata

The getValue function will accept a boolean parameter noicon which will suppress the trailing "edit at Wikidata" icon and link for cases when the returned value is to be further processed by the infobox (e.g. a url). The absence of the parameter or an empty parameter (|noicon=) default to false (i.e. the icon is added). The empty string ("") and the values no, false and 0 are treated as false; any other value is true (although |noicon=true is recommended for readability).

Following a discussion at Module talk:WikidataIB #Visibility of pen icon, the pen icon is hidden from users who are not autoconfirmed. This means that most readers don't see the pen icon, and represents a balance between aesthetics and vandalism at Wikidata on the one hand, and the desire to encourage editing Wikidata on the other.

Dates

In order to handle the requirement for dates in mdy, dmy or just year formats, getValue accepts a named parameter |df= that may take the values "dmy", "mdy", or "y" - default is "dmy".

As an article may require either of suffixes BC and BCE, getValue accepts a named parameter |bc= that may take the values "BC", or "BCE" - default is "BCE". Some test cases are shown at Module talk:WikidataIB/testing #Calls to getValue for dates.

Ranks

The |rank= parameter, when set to preferred, returns only preferred values; when set to normal, returns only normal values; when set to deprecated, returns only deprecated values. If the parameter is set to best, it returns preferred values if present, otherwise normal values. Any parameter value beginning with "p" is "preferred"; any parameter value beginning with "n" is "normal"; any parameter value beginning with "d" is "deprecated"; any parameter value beginning with "b" is "best". Combinations of values are allowed, e.g. |rank=p n returns all the preferred and normal values (which is the default), although "best" overrides any other parameters.

Specific value-type handlers

The module has specific handlers for the following data types:

1. Items that correspond to an article in some Wikipedia, called "wikibase-items". These will be linked to the corresponding (and disambiguated) article on English Wikipedia where possible.
2. Items that represent dates. These may be centuries, years, years and months, or years, months and days.
3. Items that represent Commons media, urls, external ids, or other sorts of plain text.
4. Items that represent quantities. All of these may have an associated unit, or be dimensionless, and may have a range.
5. Items that represent global coordinates. These will be in degrees of latitude and longitude and will have an associated precision.

Items that represent other types of data are not handled at present.

The third class of data types may be used with the parameters:

• |prefix=, |postfix=, |linkprefix=, |linkpostfix=

If you don't supply at least one of |linkprefix= or |linkpostfix=, then just |prefix= and |postfix= are used. For example, when getting the in Vīnes observatorija (Q532127):

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB/sandbox|getValue|P717|fetchwikidata=ALL|onlysourced=no |prefix="before " |postfix=" after" |qid=Q532127}} →

Use double-quotes to enclose the parameter value if it has leading or trailing spaces (otherwise they are stripped out). If you supply |linkprefix= or |linkpostfix=, then all four parameters are used and a link is made for each value like this:

• [[ linkprefix WikidataValue1 linkpostfix | prefix WikidataValue1 postfix]], [[ linkprefix WikidataValue2 linkpostfix | prefix WikidataValue2 postfix]], etc.

That allows multiple links to be made to different sections of a list article, such as List of observatory codes. For example, when getting the in Vīnes observatorija (Q532127) we can make the links:

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB/sandbox|getValue|P717|fetchwikidata=ALL|onlysourced=no |prefix= |postfix= |linkprefix="List of observatory codes#" |linkpostfix= |qid=Q532127}} →

The parameters |prefix=, |postfix=, |linkprefix=, |linkpostfix= are also applied to wikibase-items if they are linked.

Formatting multiple returned values

• |sorted=<yes|no> is a boolean passed to enable sorting of the values returned. No parameter, or an empty string, or "false", or "no", or "0" disables sorting. It's only a very dumb alphabetical sort and sorts linked values as "[[ ..."
• |sep=<separator characters> allows the separator between multiple returned values to be defined. The default is ", " (comma plus normal space). If the separator has leading or trailing spaces, enclose it in double quotes (e.g. |sep=" - "). Any double quotes are stripped from the separator. The pipe character (|) must be escaped as {{!}}. For reasons of accessibility (see ), do not use |sep=<br> for vertical unbulleted lists; use |list=ubl instead.
• |list=<prose|cslist|hlist|ubl|blist|olist> allows multiple returned values to be displayed as a sentence with last two values separated by "and" (|list=prose), a horizontal comma-separated list (|list=cslist, not to be used in prose), a horizontal list (|list=hlist), a vertical unbulleted list (|list=ubl), a vertical bulleted list (|list=blist), or a vertical ordered list (|list=olist). These override the separator and do not display the 'pen icon' linked to "Edit at Wikidata".
• |list=p-1 displays the last value. Combine with |maxvals=n to display the nth value.

Limiting the returned values

Sometimes a property is expected to have a single value, such as , but may have multiple values on Wikidata. Setting |maxvals=1 will limit the number of values returned to 1. Any other value is possible and functions as expected, but zero is treated as "no limit".

Unlinking

A returned value that represents an article on the local wiki will be linked by default. This includes redirects, but not dab pages. Sometimes there is a need not to link that returned values and this may be accomplished by setting |linked=no.

Unit abbreviations

When the returned value is a quantity, the name of the units in which it is expressed is appended. Infoboxes may wish to use abbreviations instead for common units. This can be done by setting |unitabbr=true.

Qualifiers

A parameter |qual= may be supplied, which will return qualifiers of the required property, if they exist. If the value is set to a punctuation-separated list of property-IDs (e.g. P123, P456), then only the values of qualifiers with that property will be returned. If the value is set to |qual=ALL, then all of the qualifier values are returned. If the value is set to |qual=DATES then the and the of the property are returned with a date separator. In each case, any qualifier values returned follow the property value, and are enclosed in parentheses. If multiple qualifier values are returned, they will be separated by commas by default, although the separator can be changed by specifying |qsep= (which may be enclosed in double-quotes, which are stripped out, so that spaces can be included). Setting the parameter |qsorted=yes will sort the returned qualifier values alphanumerically.

Short form of parameters

Some of the longer parameters may be abbreviated to make infobox designs more compact:

• fwd → fetchwikidata
• osd → onlysourced
• spf → suppressfields
• wdl → wdlinks

Parameter sets

Generally, getValue has a set of defaults for its parameters that represent consensus decisions by editors. For example, |onlysourced= defaults to true so only Wikidata values that are sourced to something better than "Wikipedia" will be returned, and |fetchwikidata= defaults to none so nothing is returned until it is enabled by setting some field names or "ALL". This represents the fail-safe condition and allows infoboxes to be made Wikidata-capable without changing any article until enabled for that article.

To simplify the use of getValue in other circumstances, common combinations of parameters can be specified with |parameterset= or its alias |ps= for convenience. Two combinations are implemented at present and these are:

ps=1

a common set of overrides to get a simple value, linked where possible:

• rank = "best"
• fetchwikidata = "ALL"
• onlysourced = "no"
• noicon = "true"

ps=2

a sort of raw value in plain text:

• rank = "best"
• fetchwikidata = "ALL"
• onlysourced = "no"
• noicon = "true"
• linked = "no"
• plaindate = "true"

Other sets could be created if there is a demand.

Wrapper template

The template {{wdib}} can be used as a convenient wrapper for {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue}}.

Other main functions

Function getPreferredValue

The getPreferredValue function works exactly like getValue, taking the same parameters, but if any values for a property have the preferred rank set, it will only return those values. This is now deprecated in favour of getValue|rank=best.

Function getCoords

• getCoords can also take a named parameter |qid= which is the Wikidata ID for an article. This will not normally be used as omitting it defaults to the current article.
• The first unnamed parameter, if supplied, will become the returned value and no call to Wikidata will be made.
• The coordinates from Wikidata are parsed and passed to Template:Coord which returns the display as if it were called manually.
• The blacklist of fields that are never to be displayed, and the whitelist are implemented in the same way as for getValue using |suppressfields= and |fetchwikidata=
• The format parameter sets the display format to decimal or dms. Any value beginning with "dec" sets decimal; anything else sets dms.
• The display parameter sets the display position to "inline", "title" or "inline, title". Default is nothing (so uses default for {{Coord}}, currently "inline").

Function getQualifierValue

The getQualifierValue function is for use when we want to fetch the value of a qualifier. We need to know the property and the value of the property that the qualifier relates to. The parameters are:

• The property ID passed in the unnamed parameter (or |1=)
• The target value for that property in |pval=
• The qualifier ID for that target value in |qual=
• The same parameters to implement whitelisting and blacklisting of the property as in getValue
• Optional boolean to specify whether only sourced values of the property are returned (defaults to "no") in |onlysourced=
• Optional item ID for arbitrary access in |qid=
• The same parameters to format output as in getValue

Example of getQualifierValue

In South Pole Telescope (Q1513315) there is a property , which has a value celtniecība (Q385378). That has two qualifiers, and . To get the start date:

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getQualifierValue |qid=Q1513315 |P793 |pval=Q385378 |qual=P580 |name=xyz |fetchwikidata=ALL }}

In South Pole Telescope it returns:

• novembris 2006

Function getValueByQual

The getValueByQual function returns the value of a property which has a qualifier with a given entity value. The parameters are:

• The property ID passed in the unnamed parameter (or |1=)
• The property ID for a qualifier (or "ALL" or "DATES") in |qualID=
• The Wikibase-entity ID of a value for that qualifier in |qvalue=
• The same parameters to implement whitelisting and blacklisting of the property as in getValue
• Optional boolean to specify whether only sourced values of the property are returned (defaults to "no") in |onlysourced=
• Optional item ID for arbitrary access in |qid=
• The same parameters to format output as in getValue

Example of getValueByQual

In gaļa (Q10990) there is a property that has multiple values, each of which has a qualifier . We can return the property value whose qualifier has the value britu angļu valoda (Q7979)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValueByQual |qid=Q10990 |P443 |qualID=P407 |qvalue=Q7979 |fwd=ALL |osd=no |noicon=true}} →

Function getValueByLang

The getValueByLang function returns the value of a property which has a qualifier whose value has the given language code. The parameters are:

• The property ID passed in the unnamed parameter (or |1=)
• The to match the language whose code is given by |lang=xx[-yy]. If no code is supplied, it uses the default language.
• The same parameters to implement whitelisting and blacklisting of the property as in getValue
• Optional boolean to specify whether only sourced values of the property are returned (defaults to "no") in |onlysourced=
• Optional item ID for arbitrary access in |qid=
• The same parameters to format output as in getValue

Example of getValueByLang

In OSDN (Q7565108) there is a property that has multiple values, each of which has a qualifier . We can return the property value whose qualifier value (a WD item) itself has the property that is "ja", i.e, japāņu valoda (Q5287)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValueByLang |qid=Q7565108 |P856 |lang=ja |fwd=ALL |osd=no |noicon=true}} →

If |lang= is unspecified, we can obtain the same value with the default language (here that is the angļu valoda (Q1860) and its is "en")

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValueByLang |qid=Q7565108 |P856 |fwd=ALL |osd=no |noicon=true}} →

Utility functions

Function getLink

getLink has the qid of a Wikidata entity passed as the first unnamed parameter or as |qid=

If there is a sitelink to an article on the local Wiki, it returns a link to the article with the Wikidata label as the displayed text. If there is no sitelink, it returns the label as plain text. If there is no label in the local language, it displays the qid instead.

Wikidata: Corisca and the Satyr (Q29016906) and arheologs (Q3621491)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getLink |Q29016906}} → Corisca and the Satyr
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getLink |Q3621491}} → arheologs

Function getLabel

getLabel has the qid of a Wikidata entity passed as the first unnamed parameter or as |qid=

It returns the Wikidata label in the local language for an item by the given qid. If there is no label in the local language, it returns the qid instead. Note that this is the label given to the Wikidata entry in the same language as the current Wiki, if the label exists.

Wikidata: Corisca and the Satyr (Q29016906) and arheologs (Q3621491)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getLabel |Q29016906}} → Corisca and the Satyr
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getLabel |Q3621491}} → arheologs
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getLabel |Q19805408}} → Module:Biblio/Ouvrage

Function label

label has the qid of a Wikidata entity passed as the first unnamed parameter or as |qid=

It returns the Wikidata label in the local language for an item by the given qid or linked to the current page. If there is no label in the local language, it returns an empty string. Note that this is the label given to the Wikidata entry in the same language as the current Wiki, if the label exists.

Wikidata: Corisca and the Satyr (Q29016906) and arheologs (Q3621491)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |label |Q29016906}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |label |Q3621491}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |label |Q19805408}} →

Function getAT

getAT has the qid of a Wikidata entity passed as the first unnamed parameter or as |qid=

If there is a sitelink to an article on the local Wiki, it returns the sitelink as plain text, i.e. the article title. If there is no sitelink, it returns nothing. Note that this is the title of the article in the current Wikipedia, if the interlanguage link exists in the Wikidata entry.

Wikidata: Corisca and the Satyr (Q29016906) and arheologs (Q3621491)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getAT |Q29016906}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getAT |Q3621491}} →

Function getDescription

getDescription has the qid of a Wikidata entity passed as |qid= (it defaults to the associated qid of the current article if omitted). It has a local parameter passed as the first unnamed parameter. Any local parameter passed (other than "Wikidata" or "none") becomes the return value. It returns the article description for the Wikidata entity in plain text if the local parameter is "Wikidata". Nothing is returned if the description doesn't exist or "none" is passed as the local parameter.

Wikidata: Corisca and the Satyr (Q29016906) and arheologs (Q3621491)

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q29016906 |wikidata}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q29016906 |A painting}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q29016906 |none}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q3621491 |wikidata}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q3621491 |A profession}} →
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getDescription |qid=Q3621491 |none}} →

Function formatDate

formatDate accepts a datetime of the usual format from mw.wikibase.entity:formatPropertyValues, like "1 August 30 BCE" as parameter 1 and formats it according to the df (date format) and bc parameters.

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |formatDate | 1 August 30 BCE |bc=BCE |df=dmy}} → 1 August 30 BCE
• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |formatDate | 1 August 30 BCE |bc=BC |df=mdy}} → August 1, 30 BC
• df = "dmy" / "mdy" / "y" - default is "dmy"
• bc = "BC" / "BCE" - default is "BCE"

Function checkBlacklist

checkBlacklist allows a test to check whether a named field is allowed. It returns true if the field is not blacklisted (i.e. allowed) It returns false if the field is blacklisted (i.e. disallowed)

Example:

• {{#if:{{#invoke:WikidataIB |checkBlacklist |name=nationality |suppressfields=residence; nationality; citizenship}} | not blacklisted | blacklisted}} → blacklisted
• {{#if:{{#invoke:WikidataIB |checkBlacklist |name=birth_place |suppressfields=residence; nationality; citizenship}} | not blacklisted | blacklisted}} → not blacklisted

Function emptyor

emptyor returns nil if its first unnamed argument is just punctuation, whitespace or html tags otherwise it returns the argument unchanged (including leading/trailing space).

If the argument could contain "=", then it must be called explicitly:

• | 1 = whatever-the-argument-is

In that case, leading and trailing spaces are trimmed.

It finds use in infoboxes where it can replace tests like:

• {{#if: {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getvalue |P99 |fwd=ALL}} | <span class="xxx">{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getvalue |P99 |fwd=ALL}}</span> | }}

with a form that uses just a single call to Wikidata:

• {{#invoke |WikidataIB |emptyor |1= <span class="xxx">{{#invoke:WikidataIB |getvalue |P99 |fwd=ALL}}</span> }}

Function labelorid

labelorid is a public function to expose the output of labelOrId().

The Q-number (entity ID) is passed as |qid= or as an unnamed parameter.

It returns the Wikidata label for that entity or the qid if no label exists.

Function getQid

• getQid works with the current page and its associated Wikidata entry.
• It returns qid, if supplied as the first unnamed parameter or as |qid=;
• failing that, the Wikidata entity ID of the "category's main topic (P301)", if it exists;
• failing that, the Wikidata entity ID associated with the current page, if it exists;
• otherwise, nothing

Function examine

examine provides a dump of the entire property given in the first unnamed parameter (or in |pid= as a named alias) from the item given by the parameter 'qid', or from the item corresponding to the current page if qid is not supplied. Both parameters may be unnamed and given in any order.

It works in a similar manner to the Dump function, but only loads a single claim, rather than the whole Wikidata entry.

• Example: {{#invoke:WikidataIB |examine |qid=Q1396889 |P50}}

There is a Template:Examine which acts as a wrapper for the call.

• Example: {{examine |Q4048254 |P31}} →

Function url2

url2 takes a parameter url= that is a proper url and formats it for use in an infobox.

Examples: Veidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demo

Comparison with output of {{URL}}: Veidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demoVeidne:Nowiki template demo

See also

• Veidne:Ml & Veidne:Ml

Coding into an infobox

Typically, the getValue call will be invoked in an infobox definition, using appropriate template parameters. One simple implementation is given as an example in Template:Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox. As an illustration, the 'author' field in the infobox is coded like this:

| label2  = Author{{#if:{{{authors|}}}|s}}
|  data2  = {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue |P50 |name=author |fetchwikidata={{{fetchwikidata|}}} |suppressfields={{{suppressfields|}}} |{{{authors|{{{author|}}}}}} }}

The property to be fetched is the first unnamed parameter. In this case it is .

The name of the field is passed in |name= and that name is checked against the blacklist and the whitelist. To always suppress the author field in a particular article, an editor will set |suppressfields=author in the infobox. The author field will then never be displayed.

If the field is not blacklisted, then the infobox can be set to display a locally supplied value for author simply by setting |author=George Orwell, for example, in the infobox. It also accepts |authors=. If the name of the field is on the whitelist, e.g. |fetchwikidata=author; genre; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress, and the local value is not supplied, then the infobox will display the value retrieved from Wikidata. Any separators can be used, except | and {}.

As a shorthand, |fetchwikidata=ALL will fetch all of the fields that are not blacklisted, as long as no local value is already provided in the article for a given field.

Since Wikidata labels are normally lower case, the ucfirst function from Modulis:String2 can be used to capitalise the first letter of the returned text, e.g.

• {{#invoke:String2 | ucfirst | {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue |P136 |name=genre |fetchwikidata=ALL |onlysourced=false}} }} in Dzīvnieku ferma (Q1396889) produces:
• Roman à clef, satirical fiction, fabula, dystopian fiction

Example of calls in an infobox

Basic use of getValue:

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue |P000 |name=fieldname |qid={{{qid|}}} |fetchwikidata={{{fetchwikidata|}}} |onlysourced={{{onlysourced|}}} |{{{localparameter|}}} }}

Full collection of parameters:

• {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getValue |P000 |name=fieldname |qid={{{qid|}}} |suppressfields={{{suppressfields|}}} |fetchwikidata={{{fetchwikidata|}}} |onlysourced={{{onlysourced|}}} |noicon={{{noicon|}}} |wdl={{{wikidatalink|}}} |df={{dateformat|}} |bc={{{bc|}}} |prefix= |postfix= |linkprefix= |linkpostfix= |sorted={{{sorted|}}} |sep={{{separator|}}} |list={{listtype|}}} |{{{localparameter|}}} }}

Any of the parameters can, of course, be fixed for a given field in an infobox, rather than taking the parameter supplied to the infobox, which will affect all fields. For example, one field may set |list=hlist where a series of short words is expected; whereas another field could use |list=ubl where an unbulleted vertical list of several words on each line is required.

The getCoords call will display the output of Template:Coord when supplied with the coordinates returned from Wikidata. It can be coded like this:

|label20 = Coordinates
| data20 = {{#invoke:WikidataIB |getCoords |name=coordinates |suppressfields={{{suppressfields|}}} |fetchwikidata={{{fetchwikidata|}}} |{{{coordinates|}}} }}

An example is Template:Infobox biosphere reserve

{{Infobox biosphere reserve
| fetchwikidata = ALL
}}

Displays coordinates in the usual positions when used in an article where Wikidata has coordinates.

Upgrading existing infoboxes

Since the parameter |fetchwikidata= is needed for any Wikidata functionality, an existing infobox may be replaced by an infobox incorporating these calls without any change whatsoever to any article. Each article using the new infobox can later be enabled by supplying |fetchwikidata=ALL, or a list of required fields for that article. At that point, the onus is on the editor enabling the functionality to check that no unwanted fields are now being displayed. If so, they can be added to a blacklist for the article by setting |suppressfields= to the list of unwanted fields.

Verifiability

Where it will always be essential for a particular field to only contain values that are referenced, use getValue, making sure that |onlysourced= is not set to 'false', '0' or 'no'. By default it will exclude values that are unsourced or only sourced to a Wikipedia, thus making the job of checking easier at the article level. If unsourced data is acceptable (!), set |onlysourced=no. As it is beyond my wit to produce an automated mechanism that knows whether an existing source is reliable or not in a given context, that job must still be performed at the article level by an editor familiar with the subject. It should always be done when first enabling Wikidata for that article.

Helper templates

Template:If then show

tests whether the first unnamed parameter is not an empty string and returns it if it isn't. Otherwise it returns the second unnamed parameter. Optional third and fourth unnamed parameters provide a prefix and a suffix for the first parameter when returned. Useful when the first parameter is a call to Wikidata.

Template:Ifnoteq then show

tests whether the first unnamed parameter is equal to the second unnamed parameter and returns the third unnamed parameter if it does. Otherwise it returns the first unnamed parameter. This is useful when the first parameter is a {{#invoke: of a Lua module that returns a value for which a specific exception is required.

Template:If then wikilink

tests whether the first unnamed parameter is not an empty string and if it isn't, it returns the parameter formatted as piped wiki-link using an optional namespace prefix.

Template:Formatter link

takes an external identifier code as |code= and uses a formatter url as |url= to construct a link to the external resource, which uses the code as display.

Template:Emptyor

tests a piece of text to ascertain whether it's effectively empty or contains some text. If the unnamed parameter consists only of html tags, punctuation (e.g. Wiki-markup) and whitespace, then Emptyor returns nothing; otherwise it returns the parameter unchanged. Wrapper for p.emptyor function.

Example of use: Infobox book

This section is taken from Template:Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox/doc.

No Wikidata

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| suppressfields =
| fetchwikidata  =
| name           = Animal Farm
| title_orig     = Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
| image          = Animal Farm - 1st edition.jpg
| image_size     = 200px
| caption        = First edition cover
| author         = [[George Orwell]]
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| genre          = Political satire
}}

Works as a non-aware infobox: only locally supplied parameters are displayed.

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| name           = Animal Farm
| title_orig     = Animal Farm: A Fairy Story
| image          = Animal Farm - 1st edition.jpg
| image_size     = 200px
| caption        = First edition cover
| author         = [[George Orwell]]
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| genre          = Political satire
}}

The blacklist and whitelist can be omitted if unused

All Wikidata

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| fetchwikidata  = author; genre; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress
}}

Fetches the author, publication date, number of pages, Dewey index, and Library of Congress catalogue number values from Wikidata.

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| fetchwikidata  = ALL
}}

As shorthand, the |fetchwikidata= parameter can be set to ALL to fetch all available fields. Any field can be suppressed by naming it in |suppressfields=, or overridden by supplying a local value.

Never display genre

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| suppressfields = genre
| fetchwikidata  = author; genre; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress
}}

The genre field will always be suppressed, even if a local value is supplied.

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| suppressfields = genre
| fetchwikidata  = author; genre; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress
| genre          = Political satire
}}

Local override

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| fetchwikidata  = author; genre; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress
| genre          = Political satire
}}

The genre field is set to display "Political satire", no matter what is stored in Wikidata.

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| fetchwikidata  = ALL
| genre          = Novel
}}

The genre field is set to display "Novel", no matter what is stored in Wikidata.

Don't fetch genre

{{Infobox book/Wikidata/Sandbox
| suppressfields = 
| fetchwikidata  = author; pub_date; pages; dewey; congress
}}

The genre field will not be fetched from Wikidata. Only the author, publication date, number of pages, Dewey index, and Library of Congress catalogue number are imported. A local value for genre will display.

See also

• Modulis:Wikidata, handling Wikidata more basically
• Template:WikidataOI, a template that uses Modulis:Wd but also has and "opt-in" options |fetch= and |ifeq= similar to this module's |fetchwikidata= or |fwd=

Tracking categories

• Veidne:Clc

-- Module to try out use of a blacklist and whitelist for infobox fields
-- can take a named parameter |qid which is the Wikidata ID for the article. This will not normally be used
-- Fields in blacklist are never to be displayed, i.e. module must return nil in all circumstances
-- Fields in whitelist return local value if it exists or the Wikidata value otherwise
-- The name of the field that this function is called from is passed in named parameter |name
-- The name is compulsory when blacklist or whitelist is used, so the module returns nil if it is not supplied
-- blacklist is passed in named parameter |suppressfields
-- whitelist is passed in named parameter |fetchwikidata

local p = {}

local i18n =
{
    ["errors"] =
    {
        ["property-not-found"] = "Property not found.",
        ["entity-not-found"] = "Wikidata entity not found.",
        ["unknown-claim-type"] = "Unknown claim type.",
        ["unknown-entity-type"] = "Unknown entity type.",
        ["qualifier-not-found"] = "Qualifier not found.",
        ["site-not-found"] = "Wikimedia project not found.",
		["unknown-datetime-format"] = "Unknown datetime format.",
		["local-article-not-found"] = "Article is available on Wikidata, but not on Wikipedia"
    },
    ["months"] =
    {
    	"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
    }
}

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Private functions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- formatDate takes a datetime of the usual format from mw.wikibase.entity:formatPropertyValues
-- like "1 August 30 BCE" as parameter 1 and formats it according to the df (date format) and bc parameters
-- df = ["dmy" / "mdy" / "y"] default will be "dmy"
-- bc = ["BC" / "BCE"] default will be "BCE"
-- first the local version
local format_Date = function(datetime, dateformat, bc)
	local datetime = datetime or "1 August 30 BCE" -- in case of nil value
	-- chop off multiple vales and/or any hours, mins, etc.
	-- keep anything before punctuation - we just want a single date:
	local dateval = string.match( datetime, "[%w ]+")
	
	local dateformat = string.lower(dateformat or "dmy") -- default to dmy
	
	local bc = string.upper(bc or "") -- can't use nil for bc
	-- we only want to accept two possibilities: BC or default to BCE
	if bc=="BC" then
		bc = " BC" -- prepend the space. **internationalise later**
	else
		bc = " BCE"
	end
	
	local postchrist = true -- start by assuming no BCE
	local dateparts = {}
	for word in string.gmatch(dateval, "%w+") do
		if word == "BCE" or word == "BC" then -- **internationalise later**
			postchrist = false
		else
			-- we'll keep the parts that are not 'BCE' in a table
			dateparts[#dateparts + 1] =  word
		end
	end
	if postchrist then bc = "" end -- set AD dates to no suffix **internationalise later**
	
	local sep = " " -- separator is nbsp
	local fdate = table.concat(dateparts, " ") -- formatted date defaults to same order as input
	
	-- if we have day month year, check dateformat
	if #dateparts == 3 then
		if dateformat == "y" then
			fdate = dateparts[3]
		elseif dateformat == "mdy" then
			fdate = dateparts[2] .. sep .. dateparts[1] .. "," .. sep .. dateparts[3]
		end
	elseif #dateparts == 2 and dateformat == "y" then
		fdate = dateparts[2]
	end
	
	return fdate .. bc
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- parseParam takes a (string) parameter, e.g. from the list of frame arguments,
-- and makes "false", "no", and "0" into the (boolean) false
-- it makes the empty string and nil into the (boolean) value passed as default
-- allowing the parameter to be true or false by default.
local parseParam = function(param, default)
	if param and (#param > 0) then
		param = param:lower()
		if (param == "false") or (param == "no") or (param == "0") then
			return false
		else
			return true
		end
	else
		return default
	end
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- The label in a Wikidata item is subject to vulnerabilities 
-- that an attacker might try to exploit.
-- It needs to be 'sanitised' by removing any wikitext before use.
-- If it doesn't exist, just return the id for the item
local labelOrId = function (id)
	local label = mw.wikibase.label(id)
	if label then
		return mw.text.nowiki(label)
	else
		return id
	end
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- sourced takes a table representing a statement that may or may not have references
-- it counts how many references are sourced to something not contianing the word "wikipedia"
-- the reference string "ref" is available for debugging
-- it returns a boolean = true if there are any sourced references.
local sourced = function(claim)
	local refs = 0
	if claim.references then
		for kr, vr in pairs(claim.references) do
			local ref = mw.wikibase.renderSnaks(vr.snaks)
			if not ref:find("Wikipedia") then refs = refs + 1 end
		end
	end
	return refs > 0
end

-- parseInput processes the Q-id , the blacklist and the whitelist
-- if an input parameter is supplied, it returns that and ends the call.
-- it returns a boolean indicating whether or not the call should continue
-- and an object containing all of the Wikidata for the Qid supplied or the current page
local parseInput = function(frame, input_parm, property_id)
	-- can take a named parameter |qid which is the Wikidata ID for the article.
	-- This will not normally be used because it's an expensive call.
	local qid = frame.args.qid
	if qid and (#qid == 0) then qid = nil end
	
	-- The blacklist is passed in named parameter |suppressfields
	local blacklist = frame.args.suppressfields
	
	-- The whitelist is passed in named parameter |fetchwikidata
	local whitelist = frame.args.fetchwikidata
	
	-- The name of the field that this function is called from is passed in named parameter |name
	local fieldname = frame.args.name
	if blacklist then
		-- The name is compulsory when blacklist is used, so return nil if it is not supplied
		if not fieldname or (#fieldname == 0) then return false, nil, nil end
		-- If this field is on the blacklist, then return nil
		if blacklist:find(fieldname) then return false, nil, nil end
	end
	
	-- If we got this far then we're not on the blacklist
	-- The blacklist overrides any locally supplied parameter as well
	-- If a non-blank input parameter was supplied return it
	if input_parm then return false, input_parm, nil end
	
	-- Otherwise see if this field is on the whitelist:
	if not (whitelist and (whitelist == 'ALL' or whitelist:find(fieldname))) then
		-- not on the whitelist so just return what should be a nil input parameter
		return false, input_parm, nil
	end
	
	-- See what's on Wikidata:
	local entity = mw.wikibase.getEntityObject(qid)
	if entity and entity.claims then
		local props = entity.claims[property_id]
		if props and props[1] then 
			return true, entity, props
		end
	end
	-- no property on Wikidata
	return false, input_parm, nil
end

local function _getvalue(frame, entity, props, filter, propertyID) 
	-- onlysourced is a boolean passed to return only values sourced to other than Wikipedia
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it true
	-- if "false" or "no" or "0" is passed set it false
	local onlysrc = parseParam(frame.args.onlysourced, true)
	
	-- noicon is a boolean passed to suppress the trailing "edit at Wikidata" icon
	-- for use when the value is processed further by the infobox
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it false
	-- if "false" or "no" or "0" is passed set it false
	local noic = parseParam(frame.args.noicon, false)
	
	-- wdlinks is a boolean passed to enable links to Wikidata when no article exists
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it false
	-- if "false" or "no" or "0" is passed set it false
	local wdl = parseParam(frame.args.wdlinks, false)
	
	-- sorted is a boolean passed to enable sorting of the values returned
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it false
	-- if "false" or "no" or "0" is passed set it false
	local sorted = parseParam(frame.args.sorted, false)
	
	-- separator is a string that is used to separate multiple returned values
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it to the default
	-- any double-quotes " are stripped out, so that spaces may be passed
	-- e.g. |sep=" - "
	local sepdefault = ", " -- **internationalise later**
	local separator = frame.args.sep or ""
	separator = string.gsub(separator, '"', '')
	if #separator == 0 then
		separator = sepdefault
	end
	
	-- list is a string that may be "", "hlist" or "ubl"
	-- this controls whether multiple values are output as comma-separated
	-- as a horizontal list (hlist) or unbulleted list (ubl)
	local list = frame.args.list or ""
	if list~="hlist" and list~="ubl" then list = "" end
	
	-- So now we have something to return: deal with (1) a Wikibase-entity; (3) a date; (3) anything else
	local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage().code
	local thisQid = entity.id
	-- table 'out' is going to to store the return value(s):
	local out = {}
	local icon = " [[File:Blue pencil.svg |frameless |text-top |10px |alt=Labot šo Vikidatos |link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/" .. thisQid .. "?uselang=" .. lang .. "#" .. propertyID .. "|Edit this on Wikidata]]"
	if props[1].mainsnak.datatype == "wikibase-item" then
		-- it's wiki-linked value, so output as link if possible
		for k, v in pairs(props) do
			if filter(v) and ((onlysrc == false) or sourced(v)) then -- has valid refs or all values required
				if v.mainsnak.snaktype == "somevalue" then -- check for value is unknown
					out[#out + 1] = "Unknown"
				else
					local qnumber = "Q" .. v.mainsnak.datavalue.value["numeric-id"]
					local sitelink = mw.wikibase.sitelink(qnumber)
					local label = labelOrId(qnumber)
					if sitelink then
						out[#out + 1] = "[[" .. sitelink .. "|" .. label .. "]]"
					else
						-- no sitelink, so check first for a redirect with that label
						local artitle = mw.title.new(label, 0)
						if artitle.id > 0 then
							if artitle.isRedirect then
								-- no sitelink, but there's a redirect with the same title as the label
								-- let's link to that
								out[#out + 1] = "[[" .. label .. "|" .. label .. "]]"
							else
								-- no sitelink and not a redirect but an article exists with the same title as the label
								-- that's probably a dab page, so output the plain label
								out[#out + 1] = label
							end
						else
							-- no article or redirect with the same title as the label
							if wdl then
								-- show that there's a Wikidata entry available
								out[#out + 1] = "[[:d:Q" .. v.mainsnak.datavalue.value["numeric-id"] .. "|" .. label .. "]]&nbsp;<span title='" .. i18n["errors"]["local-article-not-found"] .. "'>[[File:Wikidata-logo.svg|16px|alt=|link=]]</span>"
							else
								-- no wikidata links required, so just give the plain label
								out[#out + 1] = label
							end
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	elseif props[1].mainsnak.datatype == "time" then
		-- it's a date value, so output according to formatting preferences
		for k, v in pairs(props) do
			-- check for references, and count valid references
			if filter(v) and ((onlysrc == false) or sourced(v)) then
				if v.mainsnak.snaktype == "somevalue" then -- check for value is unknown
					out[#out + 1] = "Unknown"
				else
					local timestamp = v.mainsnak.datavalue.value.time
					-- A year can be stored like this: "+1872-00-00T00:00:00Z",
					-- which is processed here as if it were the day before "+1872-01-01T00:00:00Z",
					-- and that's the last day of 1871, so the year is wrong.
					-- So fix the month 0, day 0 timestamp to become 1 January instead:
					timestamp = timestamp:gsub("%-00%-00T", "-01-01T")
					local dateprecision = v.mainsnak.datavalue.value.precision
					local dateformat = "y"
					local fpvdate = tonumber(timestamp:sub(2, 5))
					if timestamp:sub(1, 1) == "-" then
						fpvdate = fpvdate .. " BCE"
					end
					if dateprecision > 9 then -- add month
						fpvdate = i18n.months[tonumber(timestamp:sub(7, 8))] .. " " .. fpvdate
						dateformat = frame.args.df
					end
					if dateprecision > 10 then -- add day
							fpvdate = tonumber(timestamp:sub(10, 11)) .. " " .. fpvdate
					end
					out[#out+1] = format_Date(fpvdate, dateformat, frame.args.bc)
				end -- check for unknown value
			end -- check for sourced
		end -- loop through k-v pairs
	else
		-- not a linkable article title or a date
		-- this needs to be expanded to cater for multiple values
		local reflist = ""
		local refs = 0
		for k, v in pairs(props) do
			-- check for references,
			-- construct a reference list for debugging
			-- and count valid references
			if v.references then
				for kr, vr in pairs(v.references) do
					local ref = mw.wikibase.renderSnaks(vr.snaks)
					reflist = reflist .. " <span style='color:#0DD;'>" .. ref .. "</span>"
					if not ref:find("Wikipedia") then refs = refs + 1 end
				end
			end
		end
		local propertyValue = entity:formatPropertyValues(propertyID).value
		if (refs > 0) or (onlysrc == false) then -- has valid refs or all values required
			out[#out+1] = propertyValue
		end
	end
	
	-- if there's anything to return, then return a list
	-- comma-separated by default, but may be specified by the sep parameter
	-- optionally specify a hlist or 
	if #out > 0 then
		if sorted then table.sort(out) end
		if list == "hlist" then
			return frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Hlist', args = out}
		elseif list == "ubl" then
			return frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Unbulleted list', args = out}
		else
			if noic then
				return table.concat(out, separator)
			else
				return table.concat(out, separator) .. icon
			end
		end
	else
		return nil -- no items had valid reference
	end
end
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Public functions
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getValue is used to get a value, or a comma separated list of them if multiple values exist
--

p.getValue = function(frame)
	local propertyID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	
	-- There may be a local parameter supplied, if it's blank, set it to nil
	local input_parm =  mw.text.trim(frame.args[2] or "")
	if input_parm and (#input_parm == 0) then input_parm = nil end
	local success, errorOrEntity, props = parseInput(frame, input_parm, propertyID)
	if not success then
		return errorOrEntity
	else
		entity = errorOrEntity
	end
	local function filter(claim)
		return true
	end
	return _getvalue(frame, entity, props, filter, propertyID)
end
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getPreferredValue is used to get a value, or a comma separated list of them if multiple values exist
-- If preferred ranks are set, it will return those values, otherwise values with normal ranks
--
p.getPreferredValue = function(frame)
	local propertyID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	
	-- There may be a local parameter supplied, if it's blank, set it to nil
	local input_parm =  mw.text.trim(frame.args[2] or "")
	if input_parm and (#input_parm == 0) then input_parm = nil end
	local success, errorOrEntity, props = parseInput(frame, input_parm, propertyID)
	if not success then
		return errorOrEntity
	else
		entity = errorOrEntity
	end
	local prefflag = false
	for k, v in pairs(props) do
		if v.rank == "preferred" then 
			prefflag = true 
			break
		end
	end
	local function filter(claim)
		return claim.rank == "preferred" or prefflag == false
	end
	return _getvalue(frame, entity, props, filter, propertyID)
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getSourcedValue is used to get a value, or a comma separated list of them if multiple values exist
-- but only values that are sourced are returned
-- redundant to getValue with onlysourced=true but kept for backwards compatibility
-- now defined via getValue
--
p.getSourcedValue = function(frame)
	frame.args.onlysourced = "yes"
	return p.getValue(frame)
end


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getCoords is used to get coordinates for display in an infobox
-- whitelist and blacklist are implemented
-- optional 'display' parameter is allowed, defaults to "inline, title"
--
p.getCoords = function(frame)
	local propertyID = "P625"
	local input_parm =  mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if input_parm and (#input_parm == 0) then input_parm = nil end
	
	-- if there is a 'display' parameter supplied, use it
	-- otherwise default to "inline, title"
	local disp = frame.args.display
	if (not disp) or (#disp == 0) then
		disp = "inline, title"
	end
	
	local success, errorOrEntity = parseInput(frame, input_parm, property_id)
	if not success then
		return errorOrEntity
	else
		local entity = errorOrEntity
		local lat_long = {}
		local coords = entity:formatPropertyValues(propertyID).value
		-- the latitude and longitude are returned like this: nn°nn&#39;nn.n&#34;
		-- using html entities with hex values really screws up parsing the numbers - thanks devs
		local lat = mw.ustring.match(coords, "^[^,]*")  -- everything from the start to before the comma
		local long = mw.ustring.match(coords, "[^ ]*$") -- everything from after the space to the end
		lat = lat:gsub("&#%d%d;", ":")                  -- clean out the html entities
		long = long:gsub("&#%d%d;", ":")                -- clean out the html entities
		-- read the latitude numbers into a table
		for num in mw.ustring.gmatch(lat, "%d+%.?%d*") do
  			lat_long[#lat_long + 1] = num
		end
		-- add the N/S
		lat_long[#lat_long + 1] = lat:sub(-1)
		-- read the longitude numbers into a table
		for num in mw.ustring.gmatch(long, "%d+%.?%d*") do
			lat_long[#lat_long + 1] = num
		end
		-- add E/W for long
		lat_long[#lat_long + 1] = long:sub(-1)
		-- add named parameter for display
		lat_long["display"] = disp
		-- invoke template Coord with the values stored in the table
		return frame:expandTemplate{title = 'coord', args = lat_long}
	end
end


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getQualifierValue is used to get a formatted value of a qualifier
-- 
-- The call needs:	a property (the unnamed parameter or 1=)
-- 					a target value for that property (pval=)
--					a qualifier for that target value (qual=)
-- The usual whitelisting and blacklisting of the property is implemented
-- The boolean onlysourced= parameter can be set to return nothing
-- when the property is unsourced (or only sourced to Wikipedia)
-- 
p.getQualifierValue = function(frame)
	local propertyID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")

	-- The PropertyID of the target value of the property
	-- whose qualifier is to be returned is passed in named parameter |pval=
	local propvalue = frame.args.pval
	
	-- The PropertyID of the qualifier
	-- whose value is to be returned is passed in named parameter |qual=
	local qualifierID = frame.args.qual

	-- onlysourced is a boolean passed to return qualifiers
	-- only when property values are sourced to something other than Wikipedia
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it false
	-- if "false" or "no" or 0 is passed set it false
	local onlysrc = parseParam(frame.args.onlysourced,false)
	
	local success, errorOrEntity, props = parseInput(frame,nil, propertyID)
	if not success then
		return errorOrEntity
	else
		local entity = errorOrEntity
		-- Scan through the values of the property
		-- we want something like property is P793, significant event (in propertyID)
		-- whose value is something like Q385378, construction (in propvalue)
		-- then we can return the value(s) of a qualifier such as P580, start time (in qualifierID)
		for k1, v1 in pairs(props) do
			if v1.mainsnak.snaktype == "value" and v1.mainsnak.datavalue.type == "wikibase-entityid" then
				-- It's a wiki-linked value, so check if it's the target (in propvalue)
				-- and if it has qualifiers
				if v1.mainsnak.datavalue.value.id == propvalue and v1.qualifiers then
					if (onlysrc == true) and not sourced(v1) then
						return
					end
					-- if we've got this far, we have a (sourced) claim with qualifiers
					-- which matches the target, so find the value(s) of the qualifier we want
					local quals = v1.qualifiers[qualifierID]
					local out = {}
					if quals then
						if quals[1].datatype == "wikibase-item" then
							for k2, v2 in pairs(quals) do
								local valueID = v2.datavalue.value.id
								local sitelink = mw.wikibase.sitelink(valueID)
								local label = labelOrId(valueID)
								if sitelink then
									out[#out + 1] = "[[" .. sitelink .. "|" .. label .. "]]"
								else
									out[#out + 1] = "[[:d:" .. valueID .. "|" .. label .. "]]&nbsp;<span title='" .. i18n["errors"]["local-article-not-found"] .. "'>[[File:Wikidata-logo.svg|16px|alt=|link=]]</span>"
								end
							end
							return table.concat(out, ", ")
						else
							return mw.wikibase.renderSnaks(quals)
						end
					end
				end
			end -- of loop through values of propertyID
		end
	end
	return nil
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getLink returns the label for a Qid wiki-linked to the local article (if the article exists)
-- if label doesn't exist, it returns the Qid wiki-linked to the local article (if the article exists)
--
p.getLink = function(frame)
	local itemID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if itemID == "" then return end
	local sitelink = mw.wikibase.sitelink(itemID)
	local label = labelOrId(itemID)
	if sitelink then
		return "[[" .. sitelink .. "|" .. label .. "]]"
	else
		return label
	end
end


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getLabel returns the label for a Qid
-- if label doesn't exist, it returns the Qid
--
p.getLabel = function(frame)
	local itemID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if itemID == "" then return end
	return labelOrId(itemID)
end


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- getAT returns the article title for a Qid
-- or nothing if it doesn't exist
--
p.getAT = function(frame)
	local itemID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if itemID == "" then return end
	return mw.wikibase.sitelink(itemID)
end


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- formatDate is a wrapper to export the private function format_Date
--
p.formatDate = function(frame)
	return format_Date(frame.args[1], frame.args.df, frame.args.bc)
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Common code for p.getValueByQual and p.getValueByLang
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Dependencies: parseParam; setRanks; parseInput; sourced; assembleoutput;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local _getvaluebyqual = function(frame, qualID, checkvalue)

	-- The property ID that will have a qualifier is the first unnamed parameter
	local propertyID = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1] or "")
	if propertyID == "" then return "no property supplied" end

	if qualID == "" then return "no qualifier supplied" end

	-- onlysourced is a boolean passed to return property values
	-- only when property values are sourced to something other than Wikipedia
	-- if nothing or an empty string is passed set it true
	-- if "false" or "no" or 0 is passed set it false
	local onlysrc = parseParam(frame.args.onlysourced or frame.args.osd, true)

	-- set the requested ranks flags
	frame.args.reqranks = setRanks(frame.args.rank)

	-- set a language object and code in the frame.args table
	frame.args.langobj = findLang(frame.args.lang)
	frame.args.lang = frame.args.langobj.code

	local args = frame.args

	-- check for locally supplied parameter in second unnamed parameter
	-- success means no local parameter and the property exists
	local qid, props = parseInput(frame, args[2], propertyID)

	local linked = parseParam(args.linked, true)
	local lpre = (args.linkprefix or args.lp or ""):gsub('"', '')
	local lpost = (args.linkpostfix or ""):gsub('"', '')
	local pre = (args.prefix or ""):gsub('"', '')
	local post = (args.postfix or ""):gsub('"', '')
	local uabbr = parseParam(args.unitabbr or args.uabbr, false)
	local filter = (args.unit or ""):upper()
	if filter == "" then filter = nil end

	if qid then
		local out = {}
		-- Scan through the values of the property
		-- we want something like property is "pronunciation audio (P443)" in propertyID
		-- with a qualifier like "language of work or name (P407)" in qualID
		-- whose value has the required ID, like "British English (Q7979)", in qval
		for k1, v1 in ipairs(props) do
			if v1.mainsnak.snaktype == "value" then
				-- check if it has the right qualifier
				local v1q = v1.qualifiers
				if v1q and v1q[qualID] then
					if onlysrc == false or sourced(v1) then
						-- if we've got this far, we have a (sourced) claim with qualifiers
						-- so see if matches the required value
						-- We'll only deal with wikibase-items and strings for now
						if v1q[qualID][1].datatype == "wikibase-item" then
							if checkvalue(v1q[qualID][1].datavalue.value.id) then
								out[#out + 1] = rendersnak(v1, args, linked, lpre, lpost, pre, post, uabbr, filter)
							end
						elseif v1q[qualID][1].datatype == "string" then
							if checkvalue(v1q[qualID][1].datavalue.value) then
								out[#out + 1] = rendersnak(v1, args, linked, lpre, lpost, pre, post, uabbr, filter)
							end
						end
					end -- of check for sourced
				end -- of check for matching required value and has qualifiers
			else
				return nil
			end -- of check for string
		end -- of loop through values of propertyID
		return assembleoutput(out, frame.args, qid, propertyID)
	else
		return props -- either local parameter or nothing
	end -- of test for success
	return nil
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- _getsumofparts scans the property 'has part' (P527) for values matching a list.
-- The list (args.vlist) consists of a string of Qids separated by spaces or any usual punctuation.
-- If the matched values have a qualifer 'quantity' (P1114), those quantites are summed.
-- The sum is returned as a number (i.e. 0 if none)
-- a table of arguments is supplied implementing the usual parameters.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Dependencies: setRanks; parseParam; parseInput; sourced; assembleoutput;
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local _getsumofparts = function(args)
	local vallist = (args.vlist or ""):upper()
	if vallist == "" then return end
	args.reqranks = setRanks(args.rank)
	local f = {}
	f.args = args
	local qid, props = parseInput(f, "", "P527")
	if not qid then return 0 end
	local onlysrc = parseParam(args.onlysourced or args.osd, true)
	local sum = 0
	for k1, v1 in ipairs(props) do
		if (onlysrc == false or sourced(v1))
			and v1.mainsnak.snaktype == "value"
			and v1.mainsnak.datavalue.type == "wikibase-entityid"
			and vallist:match( v1.mainsnak.datavalue.value.id )
			and v1.qualifiers
			then
			local quals = v1.qualifiers["P1114"]
			if quals then
				for k2, v2 in ipairs(quals) do
					sum = sum + v2.datavalue.value.amount
				end
			end
		end
	end
	return sum
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- url2 takes a parameter url= that is a proper url and formats it for use in an infobox.
-- If no parameter is supplied, it returns nothing.
-- This is the equivalent of Template:URL
-- but it keeps the "edit at Wikidata" pen icon out of the microformat.
-- Usually it will take its url parameter directly from a Wikidata call:
-- e.g. {{#invoke:WikidataIB |url2 |url={{wdib |P856 |qid=Q23317 |fwd=ALL |osd=no}} }}
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Dependencies: none
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
p.url2 = function(frame)
	local txt = frame.args.url or ""
	if txt == "" then return nil end
	-- extract any icon
	local url, icon = txt:match("(.+)&nbsp;(.+)")
	-- make sure there's at least a space at the end
	url = (url or txt) .. " "
	icon = icon or ""
	-- extract any protocol like https://
	local prot = url:match("(https*://).+[ \"\']")
	-- extract address
	local addr = ""
	if prot then
		addr = url:match("https*://(.+)[ \"\']") or " "
	else
		prot = "//"
		addr = url:match("[^%p%s]+%.(.+)[ \"\']") or " "
	end
	-- strip trailing / from end of domain-only url and add <wbr/> before . and /
	local disp, n = addr:gsub( "^([^/]+)/$", "%1" ):gsub("%/", "<wbr/>/"):gsub("%.", "<wbr/>.")
	return '<span class="url">[' .. prot .. addr .. " " .. disp .. "]</span>&nbsp;" .. icon
end

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- checkBlacklist allows a test to check whether a named field is suppressed
-- {{#if:{{#invoke:WikidataIB |checkBlacklist |name=Joe |suppressfields=Dave; Joe; Fred}} | not blacklisted | blacklisted}}
-- displays "blacklisted"
-- {{#if:{{#invoke:WikidataIB |checkBlacklist |name=Jim |suppressfields=Dave; Joe; Fred}} | not blacklisted | blacklisted}}
-- displays "not blacklisted"
--
p.checkBlacklist = function(frame)
	local blacklist = frame.args.suppressfields
	local fieldname = frame.args.name
	if blacklist and fieldname then
		if blacklist:find(fieldname) then return nil end
		return true
	end
end


return p