Template:LAuto/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:LAuto.
Don't forget to purge the contents of the base page upon creating or editing this subpage.

Purge base's cache

After page is saved what you see on the left will be replaced by what's show 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 all the 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 Preview' button).

This method is usable right in the Help:Editing Toolbar under Advanced -> on the right side 'Search and replace' (magnifying glass icon) -> 'Treat search string as a regular expression' checkmark

• 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}}