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Current footnote methods

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Category:Author–date citation templates

The row format could probably be turned into a template on its own merit. It would either be one of the two (or perhaps it could function as both, with parameter conditions):

• |-
  | {{tlx|}} || {{TC|}} || {{tlx|}} || {{TC|}}

• {{pre||- | {{tlx|}} ({{tlx|}}) || {{TC|}} || {{tlx|}} || {{TC|}}}} {| class="wikitable" |- style="vertical-align:top;" ! Footnote marker template<br/>or markup !! Transclusion<br/> count !! Invocation or<br/>transclusion !! Reference list<br/> template !! Transclusion<br/> count |- | {{tlx|Harvard citation}} ({{tlx|harv}}) || {{TC|Harvard citation|6200}} || <code><nowiki>{{#invoke:Footnotes|harvard_citation}} || || the current page's transclusion count

|- | {{Harvard citation no brackets}} ({{harvnb}}) || 31000 || {{#invoke:Footnotes|harvard_citation_no_bracket}} || || the current page's transclusion count |- | {{Harvard citation text}} ({{harvtxt}}) || 4600 || {{Harvard citation/core || {{[[Template:|]]}} || the current page's transclusion count |- | {{Harvard citations}} ({{harvs}}) || 1500 || || {{[[Template:|]]}} || the current page's transclusion count |- | {{[[Template:|]]}} || the current page's transclusion count || {{[[Template:|]]}} || the current page's transclusion count |- | {{[[Template:|]]}} ({{[[Template:|]]}}) || the current page's transclusion count || {{[[Template:|]]}} || the current page's transclusion count |}

Cref and cnotes

I previously tried to replace some {{cref}} and {{cnotes}} templates, but it turned out poorly because I didn't understand all the technical details. I will want to ensure I understand all the technical details before embarking upon such a quest again.

That this regex is placed higher than all regex in notes is incidental; the quality may vary. Regex is actually suboptimal because of its relative inclarity, so I will probably transition to custom AWB C#.

• Find:

  \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}
  .*?
  \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})

• Replace: {{efn|\3}}\2

Pages with complex footnotesComplex footnote cases

• Super Bowl
• Group (mathematics)

Pages with footnote mistakes cases

• Schleswig-Holstein
• Jonathan Demme
• Micronesia
• Whig Party (United States)
• CERN
• Sui dynasty
• Democratic-Republican Party: suggests a missing one b/c numbering started from 2.
• Photios I of Constantinople: Reverse problem; note which is missing the inline reference.
• Potomac River: Notes which are missing inline references

Miscellaneous notes

• \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?:[^{]*(?:(?!\{\{\s*(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*\|\s*\1).)?)*\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})
• {{efn|\2}}
• \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?>.*?\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1)\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})

\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\} (?= (?> [^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*? \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1) \s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})

• Find: (?:[^{]*.??)*?
• Replace: [^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*?

• [^{}]*(\{(?(\{)[^{}]*(?1)?\}|(?!)[^{}]*)*

Needs a subroutine, not a backreference.

• (\(((?>[^()]+)|(?1))*\))*

[Old note:] I'm just not going to get recursion today, and I'm fine with that; there are two many possible confusing variables.

• (\{[^{]*\2[^}]*}\)

• Find:

\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\} ((?:[^{]*(?:(?!\{\{\s*(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*\|\s*\1).)?)* \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})

• Replace: {{efn|\3}}\2

Iteration 2: Lookahead time!:

• Find:

\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\} (?!((?:[^{]*(?:(?!\{\{\s*(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*\|\s*\1).)?)* \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\}))

• Find 2:

\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?:[^{]*(?:(?!\{\{\s*(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*\|\s*\1).)?)*\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})

• Replace: {{efn|\2}} Efficiency tweaking :-p: *{{code|<nowiki>(?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+
• (\{\{[Rr]efbegin\}\})?((?:[\s*]*?\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[E]fn\s*?((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})*)\s*(?(1)\{\{[Rr]efend\}\})
• (\{{2})([Rr]efbegin\}{2}\s*)?((?:\{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)??[E]fn\s*?(?:[^{}]*(?:\{{2}[^}]*\}{2})?)+\}{2}[\s*]*?)+)\s*(?(1)\{{2}[Rr]efend\}{2})

List of {{efn}} -> {{notelist}}:

• (\{\{[Rr]efbegin\}\})?((?:[\s*]*?\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[E]fn\s*?((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})*)\s*(?(1)\{\{[Rr]efend\}\}|(?!))
• \{{2}([Rr]efbegin\}{2}\s*)?((?:\{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)??[E]fn\s*?(?:[^{}]*(?:(?(1)\{{2)[^}]*\}{2})?)+\}{2}[\s*]*?)+)\s*(?(1)\{{2}[Rr]efend\}{2})
• \{{2}([Rr]efbegin\}{2}\s*)?((?:\{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)??[E]fn\s*?(?:[^{}]*(?:(?(1)\{{2})[^}]*\}{2})?)+\}{2}[\s*]*?)+)\s*(?(1)\{{2}[Rr]efend\}{2})

\{{2} ([Rr]efbegin\}{2}\s*)? ((?: \{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)??[eE]fn\s*?(?:[^{}]*(?:(?(1)\{{2})[^}]*\}{2})?)+\}{2}[\s*]*? )+) \s* (?(1)\{{2}[Rr]efend\}{2})

Substitution:

Unique {{cref}} -> inline {{efn}}:

• \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?:[^{]*(?:(?!\{\{\s*(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*\|\s*\1).)?)*\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})
• \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?>[^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*?\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1)\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})
• \{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}\s]*)\s*?\}\}(?=(?>[^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*?\{\{\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1)\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{\{[^}]*\}\})?)+)\}\})
• \{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}\s]*)\s*?\}{2}(?=(?>[^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*?\{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1)\s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{{2}[^}]*\}{2})?)+)\}{2})

\{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]ref\s*?\|\s*?([^}\s]*)\s*?\}{2} (?= (?>[^{]*(?:.?[^{]*)*? \{{2}\s*?(?:[Tt]emplate:)?[cC]note\s*?\|\s*?\1) \s*?\|((?:[^{}]*(?:\{{2}[^}]*\}{2})?)+)\}{2} )

Midstage templates

I assume these were part of an idea to have a middle transition stage between notes templates. But I want to avoid doing that if possible. I only thought of this because it was done previously, I wonder where it was done previously.

• {{efn-pre}}
• {{notelist-pre}}