Support an #open-tag and #close-tag parser function to allow for generation of "unbalanced" HTML and pseudo tags in templates
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	ShakespeareFan00
	Jan 25 2018, 1:20 PM

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This is an enhancement or feature request.

"What is the limitation or missing functionality?"

Currently there is a parser function documented here - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Magic_words#Parser_functions

called #tag which generates a balanced pair of tags for HTML or pseudo tags.

However it's not currently possible to split a #tag function, for situation when only one half of a pair of tags is needed. Wikisource uses a number of templates which are currently directly coded as /s /e versions containing the start or end tags respectively.

"What is the desired functionality?"

Implement an #open-tag and #close-tag function to generate the start of or end of a tag pair respectively...

"Concerns"

Do any pseudo tags implement attribute in their closing tag?
Some pseudo tags are in effect self closing like <section> tags used for Labelled Section Transclusion, without intervening content.

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Mentioned In: T260576: On mobile talk pages, section edit icon is sometimes right after the heading, sometimes not
Mentioned Here: T114432: [RFC] Heredoc arguments for templates (aka "hygienic" or "long" arguments)
T114445: [RFC] Balanced templates

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ShakespeareFan00 created this task.Jan 25 2018, 1:20 PM

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ShakespeareFan00 added a project: MediaWiki-Parser.Jan 25 2018, 1:21 PM

Is this the same as T114432? Or perhaps T114445?

It may be related to the former.. but I couldn't necessarily realte that ticket directly to this one...

Dinoguy1000 updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 25 2018, 3:49 PM

Wikisource uses a number of templates which are currently directly coded as /s /e versions containing the start or end tags respectively.

Any example link to share?

Arlolra added a project: Parsing-Team--ARCHIVED.Mar 2 2018, 5:04 PM

ssastry moved this task from Backlog to Wikitext new features on the MediaWiki-Parser board.Apr 6 2018, 9:43 PM

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ShakespeareFan00 edited projects, added ParserFunctions; removed MediaWiki-Parser.Jul 3 2019, 9:14 PM

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Jdlrobson mentioned this in T260576: On mobile talk pages, section edit icon is sometimes right after the heading, sometimes not.Aug 27 2020, 11:35 PM

In T185695#4016721, @Aklapper wrote:

Wikisource uses a number of templates which are currently directly coded as /s /e versions containing the start or end tags respectively.

Any example link to share?

I think I can give an example with a template I am trying to set up on fr.wikisource : https://fr.wikisource.org/wiki/User:Seudo/Code

This template is a wrapper around <syntaxhighlight> that uses {{#tag: (the idea is to make it easier to use, providing e.g. a default language for use on help and discussion pages).

This template does not work when its contents includes wiki template calls like {{...}}. Therefore I thought about providing a pair of start and end templates, but (unless I'm wrong) I need #open-tag and #close-tag parser functions to make it function properly.

Support an #open-tag and #close-tag parser function to allow for generation of "unbalanced" HTML and pseudo tags in templatesOpen, Needs TriagePublicActions

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Support an #open-tag and #close-tag parser function to allow for generation of "unbalanced" HTML and pseudo tags in templates
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