Template:ASST/doc

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This template aids building magic word templates for interactive assistants, by parsing the current page name according to certain assistant-page naming conventions.

Usage

Call this template within the magic word, specifying a template to pass the parse information to.

• t — required — the template to which to pass the parse information. Omit prefix Template:.

There are three ways to use a specified name instead of the current page name, using unnamed parameters.

• Specify the name of a page that is part of an assistant.
• Specify the name of a global assistant (without the Assistant: prefix).
• Specify the parent page of a local assistant, and the name of the assistant (without the Assistant: prefix).

The following parameters are passed to t; any other named parameters passed to here are passed through to t via Module:TScope#drop.

• name — The field of the page name that starts with Assistant:.
• space — The namespace of the page name; no colon.
• subpage — The part of the page name after name, if any; no leading slash.
• full — The entire page name that was parsed.
• parent — The part of the page name before name, if not Wikinews:. No trailing slash.

This template is designed so it can be substituted (via subst:) as well as transcluded (though this won't help if the template named by parameter t doesn't also support substitution).

Examples

page name	parse information
Wikinews:Assistant:Breadboard	name: Assistant:Breadboard space: Wikinews subpage: full:   Wikinews:Assistant:Breadboard parent:
Template:Assistant:Dwim/foo/bar	name: Assistant:Dwim space: Template subpage: foo/bar full:   Template:Assistant:Dwim/foo/bar parent:
Category:Assistant:Dwim/quux/baz	name: Assistant:Dwim space: Category subpage: quux/baz full:   Category:Assistant:Dwim/quux/baz parent:
User:Pi zero/Assistant:Dwim/fnord	name: Assistant:Dwim space: User subpage: fnord full:   User:Pi zero/Assistant:Dwim/fnord parent: User:Pi zero
Breadboard	name: Assistant:Breadboard space: Wikinews subpage: full:   Wikinews:Assistant:Breadboard parent:
Wikinews:Reference desk/query Citation	name: Assistant:Citation space: Wikinews subpage: full:   Wikinews:Reference desk/query/Assistant:Citation parent: Wikinews:Reference desk/query

Internals

Magic word templates that use {{ASST}} cannot call each other, as it would cause {{ASST}} to call itself; however, the client subtemplates t can call each other.

The main template is mostly concerned with figuring out what page name is to be parsed; the page name is then passed to subtemplate {{ASST/parse}}, along with additional information gathered through subtemplate {{ASST/find}}.

With no unnamed parameters, uses the name of the current page. With one unnamed parameter, if it has multiple fields or an Assistant: prefix, it's taken to be the page name, otherwise it's the global assistant name and is used to derive a suitable page name. With two unnamed parameters, the second must be suitable as a local assistant name, and both parameters are used to derive a suitable page name.

The alternative parameter arrangements —where an assistant name is specified instead of a page name— are provided because without them, the magic word templates would not relieve the user of having to continually recreate the assistant-page-naming conventions.

See also

• {{AssistantCat}}
• {{ASSTCATEGORY}}
• {{ASSTDOC}}, {{ASSTDOCLINK}}, {{ASSTDOCHEADING}}
• {{ASSTROOT}}, {{ASSTROOTLINK}}
• {{ASSTSUB}}
• {{ASSTTEMPLATE}}
• {{ASSTTEXT}}
• {{ASST/example}}
• {{ASST/prefix?}}
• {{ASST/weight}}