Module:Other uses/doc explained

This module produces an "other uses" hatnote for linking to disambiguation pages. It implements the template.

Usage from wikitext

otheruses

The otheruses function directly implements and probably shouldn't be used anywhere else.

otherX

The otherX function allows direct implementation of templates that differ from in only phrasing. For example, where is phrased with "other uses", is phrased with "other places with the same name" and can be implemented using otherX, which takes the custom phrasing as its parameter at the module invocation. in particular could be implemented with this wikitext:

Note that the leading "other" is automatically supplied; if a template would not use this phrasing, it should not use otherX.

Usage from Lua

To use this module from Lua, first load the module:

local mOtheruses = require('Module:Other uses')

The module functions can then be used through the _otheruses function:

mOtheruses._otheruses(args, options)

Parameters of `_otheruses`

args

A table containing strings of link text, without brackets. For example, {"PAGE1", "PAGE2#SECTION", "PAGE3<nowiki>|</nowiki>LABEL"}. Make sure that there are no gaps or nil values, as that can confuse the mw.text.listToText function the module uses. If in doubt, use compressSparseArray from . This may be empty or nil.

options

A table containing a number of optional named values; you must supply at least one of options.defaultPage or options.title; in most cases setting the latter to mw.title.getCurrentTitle.prefixedText is advisable. The following options are supported:

defaultPage

String; completely overrides the linked page when no arguments are supplied

title

String; sets the title used before the "(disambiguation)" suffix.

disambiguator

String; replaces "disambiguation" in the suffix

otherText

String; replaces "uses" in "other uses"