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2026-03-05T07:14:33Z

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wikipedia>Dpleibovitz: Fixed the stripping of + signs

2024-12-24T01:02:36Z

Fixed the stripping of + signs

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:02, 23 December 2024
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	--converts text with wikilinks to plain text, e.g "[[foo\|gah]] is [[bar]]" to "gah is bar"		--converts text with wikilinks to plain text, e.g "[[foo\|gah]] is [[bar]]" to "gah is bar"
	--removes anything enclosed in tags that isn't nested, mediawiki strip markers (references etc), files, italic and bold markup		--removes anything enclosed in tags that isn't nested, mediawiki strip markers (references etc), files, italic and bold markup
		+	require[[strict]]
	local p = {}		local p = {}

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	:gsub('<em.->(.-)</em>', '%1') --remove emphasis while keeping text inside		:gsub('<em.->(.-)</em>', '%1') --remove emphasis while keeping text inside
	:gsub('<strong.->(.-)</strong>', '%1') --remove strong while keeping text inside		:gsub('<strong.->(.-)</strong>', '%1') --remove strong while keeping text inside
		+	:gsub('<sub.->(.-)</sub>', '%1') --remove subscript markup; retain contents
		+	:gsub('<sup.->(.-)</sup>', '%1') --remove superscript markup; retain contents
		+	:gsub('<u.->(.-)</u>', '%1') --remove underline markup; retain contents
	:gsub('<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out remaining tags and the text inside		:gsub('<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out remaining tags and the text inside
	:gsub('<.->', '') --remove any other tag markup		:gsub('<.->', '') --remove any other tag markup
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	:gsub("'''''", "") --strip out bold italic markup		:gsub("'''''", "") --strip out bold italic markup
	:gsub("'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes		:gsub("'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes
−	:gsub('----+', '') --remove ---- lines	+	:gsub('%-%-%-%-+', '') --remove ---- lines
	:gsub("^%s+", "") --strip leading		:gsub("^%s+", "") --strip leading
	:gsub("%s+$", "") --and trailing spaces		:gsub("%s+$", "") --and trailing spaces

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Wikipedia>Dinoguy1000: horizontal rules created via ---- can have any number of dashes after the first four

2021-11-08T09:46:54Z

horizontal rules created via ---- can have any number of dashes after the first four

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--converts text with wikilinks to plain text, e.g "[[foo|gah]] is [[bar]]" to "gah is bar"
--removes anything enclosed in tags that isn't nested, mediawiki strip markers (references etc), files, italic and bold markup
local p = {}

function p.main(frame)
local text = frame.args[1]
local encode = require('Module:yesno')(frame.args.encode)
return p._main(text, encode)
end

function p._main(text, encode)
if not text then return end
text = mw.text.killMarkers(text)
:gsub(' ', ' ') --replace nbsp spaces with regular spaces
:gsub(' ', ', ') --replace br with commas
:gsub('<span.->(.-)', '%1') --remove spans while keeping text inside
:gsub('<i.->(.-)', '%1') --remove italics while keeping text inside
:gsub('<b.->(.-)', '%1') --remove bold while keeping text inside
:gsub('<em.->(.-)', '%1') --remove emphasis while keeping text inside
:gsub('<strong.->(.-)', '%1') --remove strong while keeping text inside
:gsub('<.->.-<.->', '') --strip out remaining tags and the text inside
:gsub('<.->', '') --remove any other tag markup
:gsub('%[%[%s*[Ff][Ii][Ll][Ee]%s*:.-%]%]', '') --strip out files
:gsub('%[%[%s*[Ii][Mm][Aa][Gg][Ee]%s*:.-%]%]', '') --strip out use of image:
:gsub('%[%[%s*[Cc][Aa][Tt][Ee][Gg][Oo][Rr][Yy]%s*:.-%]%]', '') --strip out categories
:gsub('%[%[[^%]]-|', '') --strip out piped link text
:gsub('([^%[])%[[^%[%]][^%]]-%s', '%1') --strip out external link text
:gsub('^%[[^%[%]][^%]]-%s', '') --strip out external link text
:gsub('[%[%]]', '') --then strip out remaining [ and ]
:gsub("'''''", "") --strip out bold italic markup
:gsub("'''?", "") --not stripping out '''' gives correct output for bolded text in quotes
:gsub('----+', '') --remove ---- lines
:gsub("^%s+", "") --strip leading
:gsub("%s+$", "") --and trailing spaces
:gsub("%s+", " ") --strip redundant spaces
if encode then
return mw.text.encode(text)
else
return text
end
end

return p