Module:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName/doc explained

Retrieving text from Wikidata and formatting it in wiki-linked style. Algorithm of this module is as follows.

• Case 1. If there is sitelink, then use sitelink.
  • Case 2 If sitelink has disambiguation brackets, then remove the brackets.
    • Case 3. If there is no sitelink, then use label.
      • Case 4. If there is no sitelink and label, then use item ID (with editing pencil like this "").

Usage

<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|QID}}</nowiki>

Examples

Case 1: Sitelink exists

Input<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q42}}</nowiki>

Output

Case 2: Sitelink exists but which has disambiguation brackets

Input<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q6258348}}</nowiki>

Output

Case 3: Sitelink doesn't exist but label exists

Input<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q23366230}}</nowiki>

Output

Case 4: Both sitelink and label doesn't exist

Input<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q11485627}}</nowiki>

Output

Parameters

alias

parameter specifies text shown as alias without changing the link target.

Input<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q30}}</nowiki>

<nowiki>{{#invoke:Sandbox/Was a bee/getLinkedName|getLinkedName|Q30|alias=US}}</nowiki>

Output