Template:LAuto

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:LAuto}}).

Template Documentation [view] [edit]

 Available doc translations

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Subpages

Strings

Sandbox

Testcase

 English

After page is saved what you see on the left will be replaced by what's shown on the right:

• {{subst:LAuto|Category:test}} = {{ACategory|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|:Category:test}} = {{LCategory|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Help:test}} = {{LHelp|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Valve Developer Community:test}} = {{LProject|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|test}} = {{L|Test}}
• {{subst:LAuto|Template:test}} = [[Template:test]]

Needed regex to filter out outside links

This regex will replace wikilinks on the current page with subst:LAuto template which after page save will become L* templates (see above, what the substitution does is also visible using the 'Show changes' button).

This method is usable right in the Help:Editing Toolbar under

1. go to Advanced -> on the right side 'Search and replace' (magnifying glass icon) -> check 'Treat search string as a regular expression' checkbox
2. enter the search/replace text shown lower
3. press 'Replace all'
4. check with 'Show changes' to see what was changed
5. save the page

• Search for:

\[\[(?!#|File(?:[ _]talk)?:|Image(?:[ _]talk)?:|Media:|Template(?:[ _]talk)?:|MediaWiki(?:[ _]talk)?:|Talk:|Category[ _]talk:|Project[ _]talk:|Valve[ _]Developer[ _]Community[ _]talk:|Help[ _]talk:|User(?:[ _]talk)?:|c:|commons:|Dictionary:|Google:|GoogleGroups:|IMDB:|M:|Meta:|Metawikipedia:|MW:|SdkBug:|SourceForge:|Steampowered:|W:|Wiki:|WikiBooks:|Wikipedia:|Wikiquote:|Wiktionary:|WP:)(:?(?:Category|Category|Help|Project|Valve[ _]Developer[ _]Community|Special|)(?:[^\|\]]+))(\|?.*?)\]\]

• Replace with:

{{subst:LAuto|$1$2}}

Current limitations

• makes the link upper case but is not an issue if it has altname or the altname translation is being added anyway
• if link that should have _ is used _ will be replaced with spaces. Usually commands or entities will face this but those should use {{ent}} and {{cmd}} anyway so shouldn't be too much of an issue

See Also

• Project:Alternative Languages
• {{L}}
• {{LCategory}}
• {{LProject}}
• {{LHelp}}
• {{LSpecial}}
• {{ACategory}}
• {{LanguageBar}}
• {{Language}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:LAuto/doc. (Edit | Page history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit) and testcases (create) pages.