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Unknown parameters check[edit]

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Please add a module to check unknown parameters to this template. I made a list of parameters + regular expressions for all cases, which should cover ~98% of cases. I have already checked this list in Russian wikipedia and fixed about a dozen errors. There may be some unusual cases that will also need to be added to the exceptions or otherwise corrected in the articles. (Perhaps the list of expressions itself could be simplified somewhere).

{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check
| unknown = {{main other|[[Category:Pages using series overview with unknown parameters|_VALUE_{{PAGENAME}}]]}}
| ignoreblank = 
| preview = Page using [[Template:Series overview]] with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"
| showblankpositional = 1
| allreleased | caption | country | dontclose | id | multiseries | network | network_transclude | released | seasonT | series | seriesT | width
| regexp1 = aux[%u]
| regexp2 = aux[%u][%d]+[%u]?
| regexp3 = color[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp4 = end[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp5 = episodes[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp6 = info[%u]
| regexp7 = info[%u][%d]+S?
| regexp8 = info[%u]_transclude
| regexp9 = linkR[%d]+S?
| regexp10 = linkT[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp11 = link[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp12 = network[%d]+[%u]?
| regexp13 = postaux[%u][%d]+[%u]?
| regexp14 = postaux[%u]
| regexp15 = start[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp16 = aux[%u][%d]+[%u]?span
| regexp17 = info[%u][%d]+span
| regexp18 = info[%u]span[%d]+S
| regexp19 = network[%d]+[%u]?span
| regexp20 = postaux[%u][%d]+[%u]?span
}}

Solidest (talk) 23:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added. Gonnym (talk) 06:07, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! I'll clean up some of them and add to the list later on. Solidest (talk) 11:24, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

|part= (with number and special ability) needs to be added to this. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 21:17, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Also some stuff with |network= with numbers, "S" and letters. See List of The Office (British TV series) episodes as an example. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 21:47, 5 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I've been collecting all the cases too. So here's the final update, 7 & 12 to replace, and 21 to add:

| regexp7 = info[%u][%d]+S?[%u]?
| regexp12 = network[%d]+S?[%u]?
| regex21 = part[%d]+S?

The only problem left is with the Talking Tom & Friends article, which I think needs to be fixed in the module code rather than added to the tracking. I will write about it a bit later. Solidest (talk) 00:15, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Added fixes to template. Gonnym (talk) 08:58, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Strange triggering of invalid parameters[edit]

In some cases, parameters with a dot at the end show results instead of being treated as an unknown param: 1, 2. All of these cases displayed the data in the table. And also "episode2s" treated and worked here as "episodes2": 3 . Solidest (talk) 00:32, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The code here (line 136) is the problem it seems:

local str, num, str2 = string.match(k, '([^%d]*)(%d*)(%a*)')

This ignores the period at the end.

A testcase:

k = "infoB3."
local str, num, str2 = string.match(k, '([^%d]*)(%d*)(%a*)')
print(str)
print(num)
print(str2)

prints "infoB" and "3". "str2" is empty here.

Then at line 149 it adds the variable it found (without the period) to the new list.

SeasonEntries[num][str .. str2] = v

Gonnym (talk) 09:28, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Standardization of the order in which suffixes are added (or specials/parts order bug)[edit]

The module is now experiencing inconsistent triggering of suffixes. In some cases it works in any order (network1A = networkA1). And in some cases on the contrary, the standard formats described in the documentation do not work (see examples below). In order to maintain logic and obviousness, I propose to bring the order of adding suffixes to a single form in the module code:

[param][letter of params info/aux/postaux][season number][special][letter of part][span]

Currently there are problems with using parts of seasons and specials letter at the same time. See example: Talking Tom & Friends#Talking Tom Shorts

[param][letter of part][season number][special] = startA1S is working
[param][season number][letter of part][special] = start1AS is not working - table is breaking and outputting the text "1SA" directly into the table.

However, in all articles at the moment, the season number takes precedence, and [letter of part] is nowhere listed prior to [season number]. In the same article, start2B and start3S are listed next. And the "start2SA" option is also a standard: example here.

Also at the moment there are problems with "span" working simultaneously with specials. It doesn't work if it is placed at the end of a param. See List of Star Wars television series#Animated series.

[param][letter of param][span][season number][special] = infoAspan0S is working
[param][letter of param][season number][special][span] = infoA0Sspan is not working.

While all the other possible "span" writing variants are working well with "span" being placed at the end.

It seems illogical to me that inconsistency takes place, and it rather feels like a bug that should be fixed, instead of putting all these exceptions and nuances in the documentation. But don't know if this would be possible/easy to fix or not in the current implementation of the module. (Fixing this would also reduce duplication in the list of known parameters listed above, and save from adding 5+ variants which are only found in the Talking Tom article.) Solidest (talk) 00:55, 6 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Accessibility Issues[edit]

Hi, I currently have an episode list at WP:FLC. A reviewer brought up the fact that this template isn't screen reader friendly because it uses "col" rather than "colgroup" in the headers. Is this something that can be easily fixed? TheDoctorWho (talk) 19:58, 15 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

As stated at the FLC nomination, this is hardcoded into the template that is used on over 8,000 articles, multiple of which have passed FL. I see no reason why this needs to change. Tagging MPGuy2824. -- Alex_21_TALK 00:46, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No comment on the FLC nom, but I don't see any issue with adjusting this. It shouldn't alter any other instance, and would be an overall positive I believe for the template. Nothing wrong with updating to meet proper accessibility standards/guidelines. - Favre1fan93 (talk) 15:30, 16 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]