Module:Broader

 --[[
 -- This module produces a "For a broader coverage related to this topic" link. It implements
 -- the {{broader}} template.
 --]]

 localmHatlist=require('Module:Hatnote list')
 localmHatnote=require('Module:Hatnote')
 localmArguments-- lazily initialize
 localmTableTools--lazily initialize

 localp={}

 locals={--localizable strings
 broaderForm='For broader coverage of %s, see %s.',
 defaultTopic='this topic'
 }

 functionp.broader(frame)
 mArguments=require('Module:Arguments')
 mTableTools=require('Module:TableTools')
 localoriginalArgs=mArguments.getArgs(frame,{parentOnly=true})
 localargs=mTableTools.compressSparseArray(originalArgs)
 -- re-add non-numeric arguments omitted by compressSparseArray
 for_,nameinpairs({'category','selfref','topic'})do
 args[name]=originalArgs[name]
 end
 returnp._broader(args)
 end

 functionp._broader(args)
 ifnotargs[1]then
 returnmHatnote.makeWikitextError(
 'no page name specified',
 'Template:Broader#Errors',
 args.category
 )
 end
 locallist=mHatlist.andList(args,true)
 localtopic=args.topicors.defaultTopic
 localtext=string.format(s.broaderForm,topic,list)
 options={selfref=args.selfref}
 returnmHatnote._hatnote(text,options)
 end

 returnp