Module talk:Wd

Current population value
Wikidata:Q6045892 page contains population values between 2007-2022. However, when I type the wikidata:Property:P1082 value, the template calls the population value for 2007. What should I do to have it call up the population value for the most recent year?

Thank you. Sadrettin (talk) 10:48, 7 April 2024 (UTC)


 * You have at least two options, @Sadrettin:
 * Change the rank of the latest property on wikidata to preferred
 * Ponor (talk) 13:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ponor (talk) 13:08, 7 April 2024 (UTC)


 * The above filters the multiple values of population (P1082 property) by the latest year (P585 qualifiers). If you add  after , then the result is also filtered by determination method. Serresmap (talk) 18:55, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply. When I wrote this code exactly, it didn't work. Could there be a problem? Could you please check again? --Sadrettin (talk) 08:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your reply. When I wrote this code exactly, it didn't work. Could there be a problem? Could you please check again? --Sadrettin (talk) 08:41, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Reference without title
If a reference doesn't have a title, the URL isn't shown and "Error: Unable to display the reference properly. See the documentation for details." is shown instead. Would it be possible to not use if there's no title so that the URL is shown? The RedBurn (ϕ) 15:59, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * This is an as-yet unaddressed problem with the module. See above. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:47, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I plan to improve this error message; in the next ~3 months, if nothing wrong. But I agree with you it would probably be better if we let Cite web to report missing titles. I thinks so because if the reference rendering fails, the module will need to report two errors (one for Cite web missing/unknown param on Wikidata, and one error for Cite Q) – this would be probably too confusing for non-technical editors.
 * Is anybody opposed to this change?
 * —Janhrach (talk) 09:35, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I have made the said change to the sandbox. Here is a result sample:
 * Original behavior, for comparison:
 * – Janhrach (talk) 17:32, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * – Janhrach (talk) 17:32, 7 June 2024 (UTC)
 * – Janhrach (talk) 17:32, 7 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Oops, I misread to not use Cite web in your comment as "to use Cite web". As for this, we could probably not; see this discussion. To quote an editor from the discussion: Titles are required so when emits a missing title error, that is a good thing, because someone can go to wikidata and fix it.
 * As for the change I did (even though it's not what you proposed), what do you think of it?
 * –Janhrach (talk) 06:40, 9 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Your change is great, I actually thought Cite web was the culprit for hiding the URL when there's no title. The RedBurn (ϕ) 06:29, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, I went ahead and updated the module. Janhrach (talk) 19:18, 10 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is a huge improvement, thank you! Polygnotus (talk) 19:42, 15 June 2024 (UTC)

and in references
I propose to modify the module to ignore references containing these properties. This seems to be the correct way of handling them – these references should not contain any information useful for Wikipedia references. Any thoughts? Janhrach (talk) 15:17, 15 June 2024 (UTC)


 * @Janhrach, Agree. Non Wiki references are only proper references. Arjunaraoc (talk) 11:13, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I have made the change to the sandbox. References containing are also fully ignored. Janhrach (talk) 16:41, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * ✅: module updated. Janhrach (talk) 09:49, 23 June 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia article link in plain form needed
While creating a variant template  for use on Andhra Pradesh Village articles which usesInfobox settlement, I needed  wikipedia site link text in plain form so that I can  change the visible text to remove suffixes  in label names like district or mandal. I am unable to do that, as the current linked form gives a full fledged link with site link text and label as its visible text. I am unable to process such text as the response has pipe symbol in it. Is there any other way to get only Wikipedia article link text in plain form? Arjunaraoc (talk) 11:18, 21 June 2024 (UTC)


 * I think this module could not output sitelinks (i.e. interwiki links hosted in Wikidata), linked or not. Could you clarify what exact arguments are you giving to the template call? Janhrach (talk) 13:08, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Template:Sitelink or parts of its code? Ponor (talk) 13:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * @Ponor, Thanks for your help. It worked. I  used the corresponding function from WikidataIB in my code. @Janhrach, Your response is correct. I wanted the sitelink in plain text form for the same language, instead of link form with label. Arjunaraoc (talk) 00:57, 22 June 2024 (UTC)

2 urls in source
There are 2 URLs in the source of the 2023 population data on this page: reference URL However, one of them appears on Wikipedia. Is it possible for 2 URLs to appear? Sadrettin (talk) 10:21, 24 June 2024 (UTC)


 * No, it is not possible for a Wikipedia reference to have two URLs. I am not sure if the Wikidata reference you mentioned is valid; it is possible the reference should be split into two (the first reference would contain the first URL, and the second reference would contain the second URL) even if the other metadata are the same. Janhrach (talk) 07:36, 29 June 2024 (UTC)