Module talk:Excerpt

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New Template doc section Incompatibilities

I started a new template doc section, § Incompatibilities, to hold a description (or perhaps a bullet list?) of incompatibilities between Excerpt and other templates, modules, or functions. Please add entries to it that you know of. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 01:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

2 points

first of all, in TemplateData, I believe the default for onlyfreefiles is supposed to be "yes", not "no". Secondly, can anyone help me understand why the template isn't working for me- here' my code: {{excerpt|Calvin Coolidge|only=files|hat=no}} it's not returning any files when the 'only' parameter is set, but it does return files without it. I see the code has support for searching infoboxes, maybe that's bugged? JoeJShmo^💌 03:29, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The default for onlyfreefiles is indeed "yes", so I've corrected the templatedata there. The issue with only=files is that, since the template gets removed by Module:Transcluder, this module then doesn't see any infobox template to search for images in, so it doesn't find them. Not sure of a fix so far. Aidan9382 _(talk) 06:57, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Got it, thanks. do you know another way to extract a specific file from an article? I came up with a longer findinpage+find function that works, save for the fact that I don't know how to use the article itself as the string in the 'find' function. JoeJShmo^💌 10:07, 24 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template-protected edit request on 27 August 2024 don't excerpt shortcuts

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These additional templates are as problematic as {{anchor}}. Excerpting them misinforms because the shortcuts redirect to the original page. Also, {{shortcut}} has a built-in {{anchor}}. The use case is essays like [1]. 142.113.140.146 (talk) 04:54, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unlike anchors, those elements are designed to be seen, looks like there is already an option to not show them as was done in the example above. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:44, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I had to set the manual option |templates=-policy shortcut. But Module:Excerpt/config is about defaults, and I claim that there is no use case that wants to show these elements while excerpting. 142.113.140.146 (talk) 15:47, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{Edit template-protected}} template. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 14:45, 27 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Transclude lead excerpt doesn't recognize imagemaps

See User:Queen of Hearts/D#Passports; {{transclude lead excerpt}} fails to show the lead of User:Queen of Hearts/Drafts/List of passports, which begins with an WP:Imagemap. Thanks, Queen of Hearts (talk) 05:25, 7 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Italic title issue

The blacklist at Module:Excerpt/config currently does not filter out {{Italic}}, which redirects to {{Italic title}}. This led to Criminal law in the United States being italicized because it excerpted Res gestae which (until just now) transcluded {{Italic}}. -- Visviva (talk) 19:28, 15 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

After a bit of fiddling I found it also does not filter out {{Italics title}} -- Brit milah was causing Religion and circumcision to italicize and I could not for the life of me figure out why. wound theology ◈ 02:48, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

displaytitle and sections

I believe parameter "displaytitle" should not be appended with the section. For example, {{excerpt|Tectonics on icy moons|Plate tectonics}} should render as "This section is an excerpt from Plate tectonics on icy moons."; currently, it's rendered as "This section is an excerpt from Plate tectonics on icy moons § Plate tectonics." fgnievinski (talk) 01:47, 19 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

images in infobox building

It seems images in template:Infobox building are causing some difficulties; could somebody more knowledgeable take a look at this draft section, please? the problem appears at "File:1; |thumb|". thanks! fgnievinski (talk) 05:46, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

That article was drastically misusing {{Infobox building}}. I fixed it to use a normal multiple image template instead. – Jonesey95 (talk) 19:31, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

thank you! fgnievinski (talk) 01:40, 23 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Excerpt misses `<p>...</p>` in last paragraph

I have been trying to fix a bug in scripts that are not able to detect excerpts (namely, User:Caorongjin/wordcount and Wikipedia:Prosesize). However, there seems to be a bug in the Module:Excerpt. Namely, I see the <div>...</div> that has the classname of "excerpt"; but all the paragraphs with the exceptions of the last paragraph are wrapped in <p>...</p>. See for example Enhanced oil recovery#Greenhouse gas emissions. —Caorongjin 💬 21:44, 29 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]