 | This template uses Lua: |
Template:Political party produces the short name or color of the provided political party.
Usage edit
{{Political party|<party name>|<value requested>}}
Parameters edit
| Parameter | Description |
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| 1 | The political party's name. If a party is not found, place a request at the talk page. |
| 2 | The value requested. Currently supported values are abbrev, color, and shortname .
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| error | Optional, this parameter will return the provided |error= value if the module does not contain the requested party or color.
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Examples edit
Here are some examples using the Labour Party (note that there are multiple potential input names):
["Labour and Co-operative"] = "Labour Party (UK)",
["Labour Co-operative"] = "Labour Party (UK)",
...
["Labour Party (Thailand)"] = {abbrev = "", color = "#FF0000", shortname = "",},
["Labour Party (UK)"] = {abbrev = "Lab", color = "#E4003B", shortname = "Labour",},
{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|abbrev}}→ Lab{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|shortname}}→ Labour{{Political party|Labour and Co-operative|shortname}}→ Labour Co-op{{Political party|Labour Co-operative|shortname}}→ Labour Co-op{{Political party|Labour Party (UK)|color}}→ #E4003B
If the party is not present in the module, or the shortname or abbreviation are not in the module, the input party name will be returned.
{{Political party|Not-a-party|abbrev}}→ Not-a-party{{Political party|Not-a-party|shortname}}→ Not-a-party{{Political party|Not-a-party|color}}→ #F8F9FA{{Political party|A test no values|shortname}}→ A test no values
Lua script error messages edit
If either of the required parameters are not supplied, or the color does not exist in the module, an error will be returned.
{{Political party}}→ parameter 1 should be a party name.{{Political party|A test no values}}→ parameter 2 should be the output type.{{Political party|A test no values|color}}→ Value not in template. Please request that it be added.
To avoid generating a script error, use |error=value. Note that this error value will also be passed if the party is not stored in the module.
{{Political party|A test no values|color|error=ERROR}}→ ERROR{{Political party|Not-a-party|color|error=ERROR}}→ ERROR