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{{label data documentation}}.[edit]
Each data module defines and exports a table called labels containing the data associated with the actual labels. The key is the label while the value is a table containing information on the label. The following is a basic example:
labels["Argentina"] = {
aliases = {"Argentinian"},
Wikipedia = true,
regional_categories = "Argentinian",
}
This defines a label Argentina with an alias Argentinian, links the label to the Wikipedia article Argentina, and causes uses of the label with {{lb}} or {{tlb}} to categorize into Argentinian lang where lang is the language of the label.
The following is a more complex example, for use in Module:labels/data/lang/en:
labels["British"] = {
region = "Great Britain",
addl = "Not to be confused with [[:Category:British English forms|British spellings]], a spelling system used in some English-speaking countries of the world.",
aliases = {"Britain", "Great Britain"},
Wikipedia = "British English",
regional_categories = true,
parent = "Europe,Commonwealth",
country = "the United Kingdom",
}
This defines a label British with two aliases Britain and Great Britain, all of which display as British and link to the Wikipedia article British English. Use with {{lb}} or {{tlb}} categorize into British English. The fields region, addl, parent and country control the appearance of the category text for the category British English.
The following table specifies the basic fields. See the documentation of Module:labels/data for more detailed information.
| Field | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
aliases |
{"Britain", "Great Britain"} |
List of aliases for the label. |
display |
"Taraškievica orthography" or "[[alcoholic#Adjective|alcoholic]] [[beverage]]s" |
How the label displays (if different from the label itself). |
Wikipedia |
"Shopi#Dialects" or true or {"Goan Portuguese", "Portuguese India"} |
Wikipedia article to link to, or true if the article is named the same as the (canonical form of the) label. Multiple articles can be provided; only the first is used for linking the label, but all are displayed on the label's category page.
|
Wiktionary |
"Appendix:Swedish verbs" |
Wiktionary article to link to, or true if the anchor is named the same as the (canonical form of the) label.
|
Wikidata |
"Q2675834" or {"Q98095139", "Q9668261"} |
Wikidata ID or ID's identifying one or more Wikipedia articles to link to. Multiple ID's can be provided; only the first associated article is used for linking the label, but all are displayed on the label's category page. |
glossary |
"tashif" |
The anchor in Appendix:Glossary to link to, or true if the anchor is named the same as the (canonical form of the) label.
|
langs |
{"la", "lad", "nrf", "vi", "yi"} |
Language restriction for this label, for labels not occurring in a language-specific module. The label will only be recognized for the specified language code(s). |
The following table specifies the fields used to control how the label categorizes when used with {{lb}} or {{tlb}}.
| Field | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
plain_categories |
"Multicultural Toronto English" or true or {"American English forms", "Oxford spellings"} |
Category or categories to add the page to, when {{lb}} or {{tlb}} are used; use true if the category is the same as the (canonical form of the) label.
|
regional_categories |
"Algerian" or true or {"Devonian", "Somerset"} |
Like plain_categories but the language name is appended to the specified value(s).
|
pos_categories |
"pluralia tantum" or true or {"transitive verbs", "intransitive verbs"} |
Like plain_categories but the language name is prepended to the specified value(s).
|
topical_categories |
"Football (American)" or true or {"Software engineering", "Programming"} |
Like plain_categories but the language code is prepended to the capitalized specified value(s).
|
sense_categories |
"dated" or true or {"obsolete", "historical"} |
Categorizes into lang terms with category senses (when using {{lb}}) or lang category terms (when using {{tlb}}).
|
The following table specifies the fields used to control the appearance of the category page (specified using plain_categories or regional_categories) for labels that specify lects (i.e. language varieties).
| Field | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
region |
"the [[United States]]" or "the tri-state region of <country>" or "[[Cajun]]s in {{w|Acadiana|Southern Louisiana}}" |
Region where the lect specified by the label is used; or the users of the lect, if prep = "by" is given. Defaults to the label. The spec <country> is replaced by the value(s) specified using the country field; see below.
|
the |
true |
Causes the default value for region to have the word the prepended (e.g. for a label such as Philippines or Channel Islands).
|
prep |
"by" |
Preposition used in the category description, after Terms or senses in lang as spoken, in place of in.
|
verb |
"originally spoken" or "used" |
Verb used in the category description, after Terms or senses in lang as, in place of spoken.
|
def |
"[[Lunfardo]], a Spanish [[argot]] with origins in [[Buenos Aires]]" |
Definition text used in the category description, after Terms or senses in. Defaults to lang as spoken in region, where lang is the language and region is the value of the region field.
|
fulldef |
"Anglo-Indian terms or senses in English as used formerly by Britishers in {{w|British India}}" |
Definition text used in the category description. Defaults to Terms or senses in lang as spoken in region; see the def field.
|
addl |
"Not to be confused with the {{catlink|Bavarian language}}." |
Additional text to display on the label's category page. |
parent |
"New England" or true or "Southern US,Southwestern US" |
Parent label(s). The category corresponding to the label will have the category or categories of the parent label(s) as its parent(s). If true, the parent will be Regional lang, or Varieties of lang if noreg = true is given.
|
noreg |
true |
Specify that this lect is non-regional (not a topolect). Used e.g. with chronolects such as Early Modern English and sociolects such as Katharevousa. Controls the default parent when parent = true is used.
|
othercat |
"en:Universities" or "British slang,English cant,English gay slang" |
Additional category or categories to add the label's category page to. Useful especially for categories not associated with a label. |
country |
"France" or "Belgium,the [[Netherlands]],Germany" |
Country or countries where this label's lect is spoken. Used in two ways: (1) to add the label's category to pages such as Category:Languages of France or Category:Languages of the Netherlands; (2) to substitute into the <country> spec in the description.
|
The following table specifies the remaining fields, used mostly to control how the label displays.
| Field | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|
deprecated |
true |
Indicate that this label is deprecated (should not be used). Such labels display with the deprecated-label CSS class and cause the page to be added to Category:Entries with deprecated labels.
|
deprecated_aliases |
{"dual"} |
Specify deprecated aliases of the given label (i.e. aliases that should not be used). Usage of such aliases causes the label to display with the deprecated-label CSS class and the page to be added to Category:Entries with deprecated labels.
|
track |
true |
Track all usages of this label (including any aliases) at a page named Wiktionary:Tracking/labels/label/label where label is the canonical label (click on "See whether another page links to [this page]"), and also at a page named Wiktionary:Tracking/labels/label/label/code, where code is the language code specified in |1=.
|
special_display |
[[Classical <canonical_name>]] |
Like display but <canonical_name> is replaced with the canonical language name.
|
omit_preComma |
true |
Don't display a comma before the label, for labels like and, by, _ and ;.
|
omit_postComma |
true |
Don't display a comma after the label, for labels like and, by, _, ; and chiefly.
|
omit_preSpace |
true |
Don't display a space before the label, for labels like ; and :.
|
omit_postSpace |
true |
Don't display a comma after the label, for labels like - (hyphen), – (en-dash) and — (em-dash).
|
At the end of the data module, the labels table should be returned using the following code:
return require("Module:labels").finalize_data(labels)
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