Module:Suppress categories/doc
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This is a simple module to strip categories from wikitext. For example, if passed the code "foo[[Category:Some category]]", it will return only "foo".
The module properly handles categories escaped with the colon trick, categories whose names include invalid characters such as ">", and categories that are surrounded with nowiki tags. However, it does not support complex wikitext such as nested links or magic words like __TOC__. Even so, it should still remove the vast majority of categories from any given wikitext.
Usage
Examples
| Code | Output |
|---|---|
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo}}
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foo |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[Category:Some category]]}}
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foo |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[Category:Some category]]bar[[Category:Another category]]}}
|
foobar |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo{{{some_parameter|[[Category:Bar]]}}}}}
|
foo |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]]}}
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foo[[Category:Bad ca[]tegory link]] |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[:Category:Colon trick]]}}
|
fooCategory:Colon trick |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[Category:Piped link|bar]]}}
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foo |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[Category:Piped link|ba[]r]]}}
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foo |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[non-category link]]}}
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foonon-category link |
{{#invoke:Suppress categories|main|foo[[ Category : Some category with spaces ]]}}
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foo |
