Module:About

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This module depends on the following other modules:

• Module:Hatnote
• Module:Hatnote list

This module was adapted from Module:About on Wikipedia.
Adaptation is noted for reference and attribution only. This module may differ from the original in function or in usage. The documentation on Wikipedia may be helpful in understanding this module.

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local mArguments --initialize lazily
local mHatnote = require('Module:Hatnote')
local mHatList = require('Module:Hatnote list')
local libraryUtil = require('libraryUtil')
local checkType = libraryUtil.checkType
local p = {}

function p.about (frame)
	-- A passthrough that gets args from the frame and all
	mArguments = require('Module:Arguments')
	args = mArguments.getArgs(frame)
	return p._about(args)
end


function p._about (args, options)
	-- Produces "about" hatnote.

	-- Type checks and defaults
	checkType('_about', 1, args, 'table', true)
	args = args or {}
	checkType('_about', 2, options, 'table', true)
	options = options or {}
	local defaultOptions = {
		aboutForm = 'This %s is about %s. ',
		PageType = require('Module:Pagetype').main(),
		otherText = nil, --included for complete list
		sectionString = 'section'
	}
	for k, v in pairs(defaultOptions) do
		if options[k] == nil then options[k] = v end
	end

	-- Set initial "about" string
	local pageType = (args.section and options.sectionString) or options.PageType
	local about = ''
	if args[1] then
		about = string.format(options.aboutForm, pageType, args[1])
	end
	
	--Allow passing through certain options
	local fsOptions = {
		otherText = options.otherText,
		extratext = args.text
	}
	local hnOptions = {
		selfref = args.selfref
	}

	-- Set for-see list
	local forSee = mHatList._forSee(args, 2, fsOptions)

	-- Concatenate and return
	return mHatnote._hatnote(about .. forSee, hnOptions)
end

return p