Module:Adjacent stations/doc

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Two modules are demonstrated below:

local p = {
	["system title"] = "",
	["system icon"] = "",
	["station format"] = {
		"",
		[""] = "",
	},
	["lines"] = {
		[""] = {
			["title"] = "",
			["color"] = "",
			["left terminus"] = "",
			["right terminus"] = "",
		},
	},
}

return p

local x = "%1 light rail station"

local p = {
	["system title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro]]",
	["system icon"] = "[[File:Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Logo(Logo Only).svg|18px|link=Kaohsiung Rapid Transit]]",
	["rail box format"] = "title",
	["station format"] = {
		"%1 metro station",
		["Central Park"] = "Central Park metro station (Taiwan)",
		["Ciaotou"] = "Ciaotou station",
		["Gangshan"] ="Gangshan station",
		["Kaohsiung Main Station"] = "%1",
		["Zuoying"] = "%1 HSR station",
		["Hamasen"] = "%1 station",
		
		-- Circular light rail
		["Lizihnei"] = x,
		["Kaisyuan Rueitian"] = x,
		["Cianjhen Star"] = x,
		["Kaisyuan Jhonghua"] = x,
		["Dream Mall"] = x,
		["Commerce and Trade Park"] = x,
		["Software Technology Park"] = x,
		["Kaohsiung Exhibition Center"] = x,
		["Cruise Terminal"] = x,
		["Glory Pier"] = x,
		["Love Pier"] = x,
		["Dayi Pier-2"] = x,
		["Penglai Pier-2"] = x
	},
	["lines"] = {
		["_default"] = {
			["title"] = "[[%1 line (Kaohsiung Metro)|%1 line]]"
		},
		["Red"] = {
			["color"] = "e20b65",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Kaohsiung MRT Red Line.svg|20px|link=Red line (Kaohsiung Metro)]]",
			["left terminus"] = "Gangshan",
			["right terminus"] = "Siaogang"
		},
		["Orange"] = {
			["color"] = "faa73f",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Kaohsiung Metro Orange Line.svg|20px|link=Orange line (Kaohsiung Metro)]]",
			["left terminus"] = "Hamasen",
			["right terminus"] = "Daliao"
		},
		["Circular"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Circular light rail]]",
			["short name"] = "Circular line",
			["color"] = "7cbd52",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Kaohsiung LRT Circular Line.svg|20px|link=Circular light rail]]",
			["circular"] = 1,
			["left terminus"] = "outer loop / anticlockwise",
			["right terminus"] = "inner loop / clockwise"
		},
		-- Future lines
		["Yellow"] = {
			["color"] = "ffc100",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Yellow Line.svg|20px|link=Yellow line (Kaohsiung Metro)]]",
			["left terminus"] = {"Cruise Terminal", "Cianjhen Senior High School"},
			["right terminus"] = "Dipu"
		},
		-- Proposed
		["Yanchao"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Yanchao line]]",
			["color"] = "c100ff"
		},
		["Youchang"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Youchang line]]",
			["color"] = "008583"
		},
		["Fongshan"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Fongshan line]]",
			["color"] = "007fff"
		},
		["Green"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Green line]]",
			["color"] = "50cb00"
		},
		["Foguangshan"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Foguangshan line]]",
			["color"] = "aa34c0"
		},
		["Cijin"] = {
		["title"] = "[[Kaohsiung Metro#All projects|Cijin line]]",
		["color"] = "e10a65"
		},
	},
	["aliases"] = {
		["circular"] = "Circular",
		["c"] = "Circular",
		["orange"] = "Orange",
		["o"] = "Orange",
		["red"] = "Red",
		["r"] = "Red",
		["yellow"] = "Yellow",
		["y"] = "Yellow"
	}
}

return p

The example module is Module:Adjacent stations/Kaohsiung Rapid Transit.

• The two required table entries are "station format" and "lines". The former is a table with data to form links to station articles, and the latter is a table containing a table for each line.
• "system title" is the text in the middle cell of the table header row.
• "station format" defines the default name format for station articles and exceptions. The first variable ("%1 metro station") is the default. Exceptions are listed as key–value pairs (e.g. "Zuoying"–"Zuoying HSR station"), where the key is the input name. The module displays the input name and links to the article with the formatted name, replacing "%1" with the input. Alternatively, the full wikilink and be entered. This can be used to have the display be different from the input.
• "lines" is where the lines are listed. The names here are used internally and not displayed, so choose a concise one.
• "line title" is the text displayed in the middle of each row indicating the line; "left terminus" is the default station name for the left side terminus, and "right terminus" is the default station name for the right side terminus.
• Each "color" entry is the colour of the line.

Below is Module:Adjacent stations/Taiwan High Speed Rail:

local x = "%1 station"

local p = {
	["system title"] = "[[Taiwan High Speed Rail]]",
	["system icon"] = "[[File:Taiwan High Speed Rail Logo(Log Only).svg|18px|link=Taiwan High Speed Rail|alt=Taiwan High Speed Rail]]",
	["system color"] =  "c35617",
	["name format"] = "color: #FFFFFF; background-color: #C35617;",
	["station format"] = {
		"%1 HSR station",
		["Taipei"] = "Taipei Main Station",
		["Nangang"] = x,
		["Banqiao"] = x
	},
	["lines"] = {
		["_default"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Taiwan High Speed Rail|THSR]]",
			["color"] = "c35617",
			["left terminus"] = "Nangang",
			["right terminus"] = "Zuoying"
		}
	}
}

return p

• x (defined in the first line) is a string used for formatting the station name. The variable x is used inside the "station format" table for the three articles where the title ends in "station" instead of "HSR station". This practice is optional but helpful when many articles fit a second pattern.
• The module recognises a virtual line named ["_default"]. The title and colour of this line is used for all lines unless overridden. Parameters are used in the absence of a specified line= in transclusion.

1. The first layer of the table is data for the entire system, as well as output options.
2. Under the system table is the list of lines.
3. The third layer is data for a given line.
4. Each line can have 'types'. This can be either types of services or branches of the line.
5. The fifth layer is data for a given type.

If not specified, all keys and values are strings.

A virtual line named ["_default"] can be added to set default values for all lines. Currently, this is available for three parameters.

Station links are generated using the station format part of the data module. Each data module defines a default case and then exceptions, if necessary. Station format is an array, similar to a switch with cases. Take Module:Adjacent stations/Incheon Subway, shown below:

local incheon = "%1 station (Incheon)"
local n = "font-size: 160%; font-family:sans-serif; font-weight: bolder; color: #FFFFFF; padding: 0.4em 4px; background-color: #"
local colors = {
	["1"] = "8cadcb",
	["2"] = "f06a00",
	["3"] = "777777",
}

local p = {
	["system title"] = "[[Incheon Subway]]",
	["system icon"] = "",
	["name format"] = {
	    ["1"] = n .. colors["1"],
	    ["2"] = n .. colors["2"],
	    ["3"] = n .. colors["3"],
	},
    ["header background color"] = colors,
    ["header text color"] = "ffffff",
	["station format"] = {
		"%1 station",
		["Arts Center"] = incheon,
		["Central Park"] = incheon,
		["Gyeongin National University of Education"] = "[[Gyeongin National University of Education station|Gyeongin Nat'l Univ. of Education]]",
		["Mansu"] = incheon,
		["Seongnam"] = incheon,
	},
	["lines"] = {
		["1"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Incheon Subway Line 1|Incheon Line 1]]",
			["color"] = colors["1"],
			["text color"] = "FFFFFF",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Incheon Metro Line 1.svg|16px|link=Incheon Subway Line 1]]",
			["left terminus"] = "Gyeyang",
			["right terminus"] = "Songdo Moonlight Festival Park",
		},
		["2"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Incheon Subway Line 2|Incheon Line 2]]",
			["color"] = colors["2"],
			["text color"] = "FFFFFF",
			["icon"] = "[[File:Incheon Metro Line 2.svg|16px|link=Incheon Subway Line 2]]",
			["left terminus"] = "Geomdan Oryu",
			["right terminus"] = "Unyeon",
		},
		["3"] = {
			["title"] = "[[Incheon Subway Line 3|Incheon Line 3]]",
			["color"] = colors["3"],
			["text color"] = "FFFFFF",
		}
	}
}

return p

The default case is "%1 station", listed first. The "%1" expands to whatever the passed name of the station is. "Bakchon" becomes Bakchon station. There are several exceptions. The two usual reasons for exceptions are disambiguation or presenting a name in a non-standard way. In this case, the Incheon Subway serves three stations whose names are disambiguated: Arts Center station (Incheon), Central Park station (Incheon), and Mansu station (Incheon). This is handled by specifying a key for each station and supplying a different format. Since all three are disambiguated the same way, you can define a local variable at the top of the module:

local incheon = "%1 station (Incheon)"

This can then be used with the exceptions:

["Arts Center"] = incheon,

Were it written out, it would look like this:

["Arts Center"] = "%1 station (Incheon)"

Suggestions are welcomed on the talk page.

• Convert more systems from {{S-line}}, {{rail line}}, {{J-rserv}} and {{J-route}}
• Make an example module which contains all of the module's features, to avoid excessive examples in the documentation (maybe based on {{Rdt demo}})
• Allow direct replacement of {{Rail line}}?
• Before translation: figure out how to handle grammatical gender and inflection in various languages with the i18n table (e.g. these phrases)
• Allow inline sources to be added
• Figure out Wikidata integration (require sources on Wikidata end) :

  should be doable with P197, P5051, P1192 and P81. Bouzinac (talk) 09:17, 3 December 2021 (UTC)

• Add a short list of changes from {{S-line}}, for the convenience of the many editors who have used it in the last 11 years
  • changes in function (new structure, data inside module, circular and branch functionality changed, replacement of manual cell merging…)
  • parameter name changes (-left and -right, mostly – search {{S-line}} for {{{, maybe with the TemplateData generator, to make a list)