MediaWiki:Editnotice-828-labels-data

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 = {
	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 = {
	region = "Great Britain",
	addl = "Not to be confused with ], 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.

The following table specifies the fields used to control how the label categorizes when used with {{lb}} or {{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).

The following table specifies the remaining fields, used mostly to control how the label displays.

At the end of the data module, the labels table should be returned using the following code:

return require("Module:labels").finalize_data(labels)