Lists and interwiki links in MediaWiki output

Lists and interwiki links in MediaWiki output

[BPJ]

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I'm converting a set of HTML pages to MediaWiki format for a friend. I
noticed that all lists are output as HTML elements (dl/ol/ul → dt/dd/li →
p). Am I right that this is because (most) of them contain (multiple) block
level elements? Will they be output as native MW lists if I convert lists
of blocks into lists of inlines separated by raw HTML `<br /><br />`
elements in a Plain (or Para) element? (Not that I'm sure it's worth it,
but in case they want it!) I'm already converting definition list items
into sections since DLs are mostly used that way in the HTML pages.

Also I would like to convert http(s) links to Wikipedia into proper
interwiki links. It seems like a Markdown link like `[Foo](wp:Foo)` becomes
an interwiki link when converting to MW, so will massaging the target of
links to Wikipedia this way in Lua achieve that? Also it seems link as in
`[Foo](Foo)` will result in an intrawiki link. What is it that triggers
conversion into a wiki link? The absence of a valid protocol?

TIA,

/bpj

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Re: Lists and interwiki links in MediaWiki output

[John MacFarlane]

> On Oct 10, 2022, at 9:06 AM, BPJ <melroch-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm converting a set of HTML pages to MediaWiki format for a friend. I noticed that all lists are output as HTML elements (dl/ol/ul → dt/dd/li → p). Am I right that this is because (most) of them contain (multiple) block level elements?

Correct.

> Will they be output as native MW lists if I convert lists of blocks into lists of inlines separated by raw HTML `<br /><br />` elements in a Plain (or Para) element?

It might, you could try.  I can't recall what the restrictions are on MW lists; it may be that there are problems including breaks at all, in which case we may also disallow breaks.


> (Not that I'm sure it's worth it, but in case they want it!) I'm already converting definition list items into sections since DLs are mostly used that way in the HTML pages.
> 
> Also I would like to convert http(s) links to Wikipedia into proper interwiki links. It seems like a Markdown link like `[Foo](wp:Foo)` becomes an interwiki link when converting to MW, so will massaging the target of links to Wikipedia this way in Lua achieve that?

It should.

> Also it seems link as in `[Foo](Foo)` will result in an intrawiki link. What is it that triggers conversion into a wiki link? The absence of a valid protocol?


It's a relative URL that matches the link text.

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