Module:Citation/CS1

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    Revision as of 11:15, 15 February 2014 by m>Trappist the monk (Synch from sandbox;)

    Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Citation/CS1/doc

    local z = {
        error_categories = {};
        error_ids = {};
        message_tail = {};
    }
    
    -- Include translation message hooks, ID and error handling configuration settings.
    local cfg = mw.loadData( 'Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration' );
    
    -- Contains a list of all recognized parameters
    local whitelist = mw.loadData( 'Module:Citation/CS1/Whitelist' );
    
    -- Whether variable is set or not
    function is_set( var )
        return not (var == nil or var == '');
    end
    
    -- First set variable or nil if none
    function first_set(...)
        local list = {...};
        for _, var in pairs(list) do
            if is_set( var ) then
                return var;
            end
        end
    end
    
    -- Whether needle is in haystack
    function inArray( needle, haystack )
        if needle == nil then
            return false;
        end
        for n,v in ipairs( haystack ) do
            if v == needle then
                return n;
            end
        end
        return false;
    end
    
    --[[
    Categorize and emit an error message when the citation contains one or more deprecated parameters.  Because deprecated parameters (currently |day=, |month=,
    |coauthor=, and |coauthors=) aren't related to each other and because these parameters may be concatenated into the variables used by |date= and |author#= (and aliases)
    details of which parameter caused the error message are not provided.  Only one error message is emitted regarless of the number of deprecated parameters in the citation.
    ]]
    function deprecated_parameter()
    	if true ~= Page_in_deprecated_cat then	-- if we haven't been here before then set a 
    		Page_in_deprecated_cat=true;		-- sticky flag so that if there are more than one deprecated parameter the category is added only once
    		table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'deprecated_params', {error_message}, true ) } );		-- add error message
    	end
    end
    
    -- Populates numbered arguments in a message string using an argument table.
    function substitute( msg, args )
    --	return args and tostring( mw.message.newRawMessage( msg, args ) ) or msg;
    	return args and mw.message.newRawMessage( msg, args ):plain() or msg;
    end
    
    --[[
    Apply kerning to open the space between the quote mark provided by the Module and a leading or trailing quote mark contained in a |title= or |chapter= parameter's value.
    This function will positive kern  either single or double quotes:
    	"'Unkerned title with leading and trailing single quote marks'"
    	" 'Kerned title with leading and trailing single quote marks' " (in real life the kerning isn't as wide as this example)
    ]]
    function kern_quotes (str)
    	local left='<span style="padding-left:0.2em;">%1</span>';		-- spacing to use when title contains leading single or double quote mark
    	local right='<span style="padding-right:0.2em;">%1</span>';		-- spacing to use when title contains trailing single or double quote mark
    	
    	str = string.gsub( str, "^([\"\'])", left, 1 );					-- replace (captured) leading single or double quote with left-side <span>
    	str = string.gsub( str, "([\"\'])$", right, 1 );				-- replace (captured) trailing single or double quote with right-side <span>
    	return str;
    end
    
    -- Wraps a string using a message_list configuration taking one argument
    function wrap( key, str, lower )
        if not is_set( str ) then
            return "";
        elseif inArray( key, { 'italic-title', 'trans-italic-title' } ) then
            str = safeforitalics( str );
        end
        if lower == true then
            return substitute( cfg.messages[key]:lower(), {str} );
        else
            return substitute( cfg.messages[key], {str} );
        end        
    end
    
    --[[
    Argument wrapper.  This function provides support for argument 
    mapping defined in the configuration file so that multiple names
    can be transparently aliased to single internal variable.
    ]]
    function argument_wrapper( args )
        local origin = {};
        
        return setmetatable({
            ORIGIN = function( self, k )
                local dummy = self[k]; --force the variable to be loaded.
                return origin[k];
            end
        },
        {
            __index = function ( tbl, k )
                if origin[k] ~= nil then
                    return nil;
                end
                
                local args, list, v = args, cfg.aliases[k];
                
                if type( list ) == 'table' then
                    v, origin[k] = selectone( args, list, 'redundant_parameters' );
                    if origin[k] == nil then
                        origin[k] = ''; -- Empty string, not nil
                    end
                elseif list ~= nil then
                    v, origin[k] = args[list], list;
                else
                    -- maybe let through instead of raising an error?
                    -- v, origin[k] = args[k], k;
                    error( cfg.messages['unknown_argument_map'] );
                end
                
                -- Empty strings, not nil;
                if v == nil then
                    v = cfg.defaults[k] or '';
                    origin[k] = '';
                end
                
                tbl = rawset( tbl, k, v );
                return v;
            end,
        });
    end
    
    --[[
    Looks for a parameter's name in the whitelist.
    
    Parameters in the whitelist can have three values:
    	true - active, supported parameters
    	false - deprecated, supported parameters
    	nil - unsupported parameters
    ]]
    function validate( name )
    	local name = tostring( name );
    	local state = whitelist.basic_arguments[ name ];
    	
    	-- Normal arguments
    	if true == state then return true; end		-- valid actively supported parameter
    	if false == state then
    		deprecated_parameter ();				-- parameter is deprecated but still supported
    		return true;
    	end
    	
    	-- Arguments with numbers in them
    	name = name:gsub( "%d+", "#" );				-- replace digit(s) with # (last25 becomes last#
    	state = whitelist.numbered_arguments[ name ];
    	if true == state then return true; end		-- valid actively supported parameter
    	if false == state then
    		deprecated_parameter ();				-- parameter is deprecated but still supported
    		return true;
    	end
    	
    	return false;								-- Not supported because not found or name is set to nil
    end
    
    -- Formats a comment for error trapping
    function errorcomment( content, hidden )
        return wrap( hidden and 'hidden-error' or 'visible-error', content );
    end
    
    --[[
    Sets an error condition and returns the appropriate error message.  The actual placement
    of the error message in the output is the responsibility of the calling function.
    ]]
    function seterror( error_id, arguments, raw, prefix, suffix )
        local error_state = cfg.error_conditions[ error_id ];
        
        prefix = prefix or "";
        suffix = suffix or "";
        
        if error_state == nil then
            error( cfg.messages['undefined_error'] );
        elseif is_set( error_state.category ) then
            table.insert( z.error_categories, error_state.category );
        end
        
        local message = substitute( error_state.message, arguments );
        
        message = message .. " ([[" .. cfg.messages['help page link'] .. 
            "#" .. error_state.anchor .. "|" ..
            cfg.messages['help page label'] .. "]])";
        
        z.error_ids[ error_id ] = true;
        if inArray( error_id, { 'bare_url_missing_title', 'trans_missing_title' } )
                and z.error_ids['citation_missing_title'] then
            return '', false;
        end
        
        message = table.concat({ prefix, message, suffix });
        
        if raw == true then
            return message, error_state.hidden;
        end        
            
        return errorcomment( message, error_state.hidden );
    end
    
    -- Formats a wiki style external link
    function externallinkid(options)
        local url_string = options.id;
        if options.encode == true or options.encode == nil then
            url_string = mw.uri.encode( url_string );
        end
        return mw.ustring.format( '[[%s|%s]]%s[%s%s%s %s]',
            options.link, options.label, options.separator or "&nbsp;",
            options.prefix, url_string, options.suffix or "",
            mw.text.nowiki(options.id)
        );
    end
    
    -- Formats a wiki style internal link
    function internallinkid(options)
        return mw.ustring.format( '[[%s|%s]]%s[[%s%s%s|%s]]',
            options.link, options.label, options.separator or "&nbsp;",
            options.prefix, options.id, options.suffix or "",
            mw.text.nowiki(options.id)
        );
    end
    
    -- Format an external link with error checking
    function externallink( URL, label, source )
        local error_str = "";
        if not is_set( label ) then
            label = URL;
            if is_set( source ) then
                error_str = seterror( 'bare_url_missing_title', { wrap( 'parameter', source ) }, false, " " );
            else
                error( cfg.messages["bare_url_no_origin"] );
            end            
        end
        if not checkurl( URL ) then
            error_str = seterror( 'bad_url', {}, false, " " ) .. error_str;
        end
        return table.concat({ "[", URL, " ", safeforurl( label ), "]", error_str });
    end
    
    -- Formats a link to Amazon
    function amazon(id, domain)
        if not is_set(domain) then 
            domain = "com"
        elseif ( "jp" == domain or "uk" == domain ) then
            domain = "co." .. domain
        end
        local handler = cfg.id_handlers['ASIN'];
        return externallinkid({link = handler.link,
            label=handler.label , prefix="//www.amazon."..domain.."/dp/",id=id,
            encode=handler.encode, separator = handler.separator})
    end
    
    --[[
    Format PMID and do simple error checking.  PMIDs are sequential numbers beginning at 1 and counting up.  This code checks the PMID to see that it
    contains only digits and is less than test_limit; the value in local variable test_limit will need to be updated periodically as more PMIDs are issued.
    ]]
    function pmid(id)
    	local test_limit = 30000000;						-- update this value as PMIDs approach
    	local handler = cfg.id_handlers['PMID'];
    	local err_cat =  '';								-- presume that PMID is valid
    	
    	if id:match("[^%d]") then							-- if PMID has anything but digits
    		err_cat = ' ' .. seterror( 'bad_pmid' );		-- set an error message
    	else												-- PMID is only digits
    		local id_num = tonumber(id);					-- convert id to a number for range testing
    		if 1 > id_num or test_limit < id_num then		-- if PMID is outside test limit boundaries
    			err_cat = ' ' .. seterror( 'bad_pmid' );	-- set an error message
    		end
    	end
    	
    	return externallinkid({link = handler.link, label = handler.label,
    			prefix=handler.prefix,id=id,separator=handler.separator, encode=handler.encode}) .. err_cat;
    end
    
    --[[
    Determines if a PMC identifier's online version is embargoed. Compares the date in |embargo= against today's date.  If embargo date is
    in the future, returns true; otherwse, returns false because the embargo has expired or |embargo= not set in this cite.
    ]]
    function is_embargoed(embargo)
    	if is_set(embargo) then
    		local lang = mw.getContentLanguage();
    		local good1, embargo_date, good2, todays_date;
    		good1, embargo_date = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'U', embargo );
    		good2, todays_date = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'U' );
    	
    		if good1 and good2 and tonumber( embargo_date ) >= tonumber( todays_date ) then	--is embargo date is in the future?
    			return true;	-- still embargoed
    		end
    	end
    	return false;			-- embargo expired or |embargo= not set
    end
    
    --[[
    Formats a PMC and checks for embargoed articles.  The embargo parameter takes a date for a value. If the embargo date is in the future
    the PMC identifier will not be linked to the article.  If the embargo specifies a date in the past, or if it is empty or omitted, then
    the PMC identifier is linked to the article through the link at cfg.id_handlers['PMC'].prefix.
    ]]
    function pmc(id, embargo)
    	local handler = cfg.id_handlers['PMC'];
        
    	local text;
    
    	if is_embargoed(embargo) then
    		text="[[" .. handler.link .. "|" .. handler.label .. "]]:" .. handler.separator .. id;	--still embargoed so no external link
    	else
    		text = externallinkid({link = handler.link, label = handler.label,			--no embargo date, ok to link to article
    			prefix=handler.prefix,id=id,separator=handler.separator, encode=handler.encode})
    	end
    	return text;
    end
    
    -- Formats a DOI and checks for DOI errors.
    function doi(id, inactive)
        local cat = ""
        local handler = cfg.id_handlers['DOI'];
        
        local text;
    	if is_set(inactive) then
    		local inactive_year = inactive:match("%d%d%d%d") or '';		-- try to get the year portion from the inactive date
    		text = "[[" .. handler.link .. "|" .. handler.label .. "]]:" .. id;
    		if is_set(inactive_year) then
    			table.insert( z.error_categories, "Pages with DOIs inactive since " .. inactive_year );
    		else
    			table.insert( z.error_categories, "Pages with inactive DOIs" );	-- when inactive doesn't contain a recognizable year
    		end
    		inactive = " (" .. cfg.messages['inactive'] .. " " .. inactive .. ")" 
    	else 
    		text = externallinkid({link = handler.link, label = handler.label,
    			prefix=handler.prefix,id=id,separator=handler.separator, encode=handler.encode})
    		inactive = "" 
    	end
    
    	if nil == id:match("^10%.[^%s–]-[^%p]$") then	-- doi must begin with '10.', must not contain spaces or endashes, and must not end with punctuation
    		cat = seterror( 'bad_doi' );
    	end
    	return text .. inactive .. ' ' .. cat 
    end
    
    -- Formats an OpenLibrary link, and checks for associated errors.
    function openlibrary(id)
        local code = id:sub(-1,-1)
        local handler = cfg.id_handlers['OL'];
        if ( code == "A" ) then
            return externallinkid({link=handler.link, label=handler.label,
                prefix="http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL",id=id, separator=handler.separator,
                encode = handler.encode})
        elseif ( code == "M" ) then
            return externallinkid({link=handler.link, label=handler.label,
                prefix="http://openlibrary.org/books/OL",id=id, separator=handler.separator,
                encode = handler.encode})
        elseif ( code == "W" ) then
            return externallinkid({link=handler.link, label=handler.label,
                prefix= "http://openlibrary.org/works/OL",id=id, separator=handler.separator,
                encode = handler.encode})
        else
            return externallinkid({link=handler.link, label=handler.label,
                prefix= "http://openlibrary.org/OL",id=id, separator=handler.separator,
                encode = handler.encode}) .. 
                ' ' .. seterror( 'bad_ol' );
        end
    end
    
    --[[
    Validate and format an issn.  This code fixes the case where an editor has included an ISSN in the citation but has separated the two groups of four
    digits with a space.  When that condition occurred, the resulting link looked like this:
    
    	|issn=0819 4327 gives: [http://www.worldcat.org/issn/0819 4327 0819 4327]  -- can't have spaces in an external link
    	
    This code now prevents that by inserting a hyphen at the issn midpoint.  It also validates the issn for length and makes sure that the checkdigit agrees
    with the calculated value.  Incorrect length (8 digits), characters other than 0-9 and X, or checkdigit / calculated value mismatch will all cause a check issn
    error message.  The issn is always displayed with a hyphen, even if the issn was given as a single group of 8 digits.
    ]]
    function issn(id)
    	local issn_copy = id;		-- save a copy of unadulterated issn; use this version for display if issn does not validate
    	local handler = cfg.id_handlers['ISSN'];
    	local text;
    	local valid_issn = true;
    
    	id=id:gsub( "[%s-–]", "" );									-- strip spaces, hyphens, and ndashes from the issn
    
    	if 8 ~= id:len() or nil == id:match( "^%d*X?$" ) then		-- validate the issn: 8 didgits long, containing only 0-9 or X in the last position
    		valid_issn=false;										-- wrong length or improper character
    	else
    		valid_issn=is_valid_isxn(id, 8);						-- validate issn
    	end
    
    	if true == valid_issn then
    		id = string.sub( id, 1, 4 ) .. "-" .. string.sub( id, 5 );	-- if valid, display correctly formatted version
    	else
    		id = issn_copy;											-- if not valid, use the show the invalid issn with error message
    	end
    	
    	text = externallinkid({link = handler.link, label = handler.label,
    		prefix=handler.prefix,id=id,separator=handler.separator, encode=handler.encode})
     
    	if false == valid_issn then
    		text = text .. ' ' .. seterror( 'bad_issn' )			-- add an error message if the issn is invalid
    	end 
    	
    	return text
    end
    
    --[[
    This function sets default title types (equivalent to the citation including |type=<default value>) for those citations that have defaults.
    Also handles the special case where it is desireable to omit the title type from the rendered citation (|type=none).
    ]]
    function set_titletype(cite_class, title_type)
    	if is_set(title_type) then
    		if "none" == title_type then
    			title_type = "";					-- if |type=none then type parameter not displayed
    		end
    		return title_type;						-- if |type= has been set to any other value use that value
    	end
    
    	if "podcast" == cite_class then				-- if this citation is cite podcast
    		return "Podcast";						-- display podcast annotation
    
    	elseif "pressrelease" == cite_class then	-- if this citation is cite press release
    		return "Press release";					-- display press release annotation
    
    	elseif "techreport" == cite_class then		-- if this citation is cite techreport
    		return "Technical report";				-- display techreport annotation
    	
    	elseif "thesis" == cite_class then			-- if this citation is cite thesis (degree option handled after this function returns)
    			return "Thesis";					-- display simple thesis annotation (without |degree= modification)
    	end
    end
    
    -- returns a number according to the month in a date: 1 for January, etc.  Capitalization and spelling must be correct. If not a valid month, returns 0
    function get_month_number (month)
    local long_months = {['January']=1, ['February']=2, ['March']=3, ['April']=4, ['May']=5, ['June']=6, ['July']=7, ['August']=8, ['September']=9, ['October']=10, ['November']=11, ['December']=12};
    local short_months = {['Jan']=1, ['Feb']=2, ['Mar']=3, ['Apr']=4, ['May']=5, ['Jun']=6, ['Jul']=7, ['Aug']=8, ['Sep']=9, ['Oct']=10, ['Nov']=11, ['Dec']=12};
    local temp;
    	temp=long_months[month];
    	if temp then return temp; end				-- if month is the long-form name
    	temp=short_months[month];
    	if temp then return temp; end				-- if month is the short-form name
    	return 0;									-- misspelled, improper case, or not a month name
    end
    
    -- returns a number according to the sequence of seasons in a year: 1 for Winter, etc.  Capitalization and spelling must be correct. If not a valid season, returns 0
    function get_season_number (season)
    local season_list = {['Winter']=1, ['Spring']=2, ['Summer']=3, ['Fall']=4, ['Autumn']=4}
    local temp;
    	temp=season_list[season];
    	if temp then return temp; end				-- if season is a valid name return its number
    	return 0;									-- misspelled, improper case, or not a season name
    end
    
    --[[
    Returns true if day is less than or equal to the number of days in month; else returns false.
    
    Assumes Julian calendar prior to year 1582 and Gregorian calendar thereafter. Accounts for Julian calendar leap years before 1582 and Gregorian leap years after 1582.
    Where the two calendars overlap (1582 to approximately 1923) dates are assumed to be Gregorian.
    ]]
    function is_valid_date (year, month, day)
    local days_in_month = {31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31};
    local month_length;
    	if (2==month) then							-- if February
    		month_length = 28;						-- then 28 days unless
    		if 1582 > tonumber(year) then			-- Julian calendar
    			if 0==(year%4) then
    				month_length = 29;
    			end
    		else									-- Gregorian calendar
    			if (0==(year%4) and (0~=(year%100) or 0==(year%400))) then	-- is a leap year?
    				month_length = 29;				-- if leap year then 29 days in February
    			end
    		end
    	else
    		month_length=days_in_month[month];
    	end
    
    	if tonumber (day) > month_length then
    		return false;
    	end
    	return true;
    end
    
    --[[
    Check a pair of months or seasons to see if both are valid members of a month or season pair.
    
    Month pairs are expected to be left to right, earliest to latest in time.  Similarly, seasons are also left to right, earliest to latest in time.  There is
    an oddity with seasons.  Winter is assigned a value of 1, spring 2, ..., fall and autumn 4.  Because winter can follow fall/autumn at the end of a calender year, a special test
    is made to see if |date=Fall-Winter yyyy (4-1) is the date.
    ]]
    
    function is_valid_month_season_range(range_start, range_end)
    	local range_start_number = get_month_number (range_start);
    	
    	if 0 == range_start_number then								-- is this a month range?
    		local range_start_number = get_season_number (range_start);		-- not a month; is it a season? get start season number
    		local range_end_number = get_season_number (range_end);			-- get end season number
    
    		if 0 ~= range_start_number then							-- is start of range a season?
    			if range_start_number < range_end_number then		-- range_start is a season
    				return true;									-- return true when range_end is also a season and follows start season; else false
    			end
    			if 4 == range_start_number and 1 == range_end_number then	-- special case when range is Fall-Winter or Autumn-Winter
    				return true;
    			end
    		end
    		return false;		-- range_start is not a month or a season; or range_start is a season and range_end is not; or improper season sequence
    	end
    
    	local range_end_number = get_month_number (range_end);		-- get end month number
    	if range_start_number < range_end_number then				-- range_start is a month; does range_start precede range_end?
    		return true;											-- if yes, return true
    	end
    	return false;												-- range_start month number is greater than or equal to range end number; or range end isn't a month
    end
    
    --[[
    Check date format to see that it is one of the formats approved by MOS:DATE: MMMM D, YYYY; D MMMM YYYY; MMMM YYYY; YYYY-MM-DD; YYYY.
    Additionally, check the date to see that it is a real date: no 31 in 30-day months; no 29 February when not a leap year.  Months, both long-form and three
    character abbreviations, and seasons must be spelled correctly.
    
    If the date fails the fomat tests, this function returns false but does not return values for anchor_year and COinS_date.  When this happens, the date parameter is
    used in the COinS metadata and the CITEREF identifier gets its year from the year parameter if present.
    
    Inputs:
    	date_string - date string from date-holding parameters (date, year, accessdate, embargo, archivedate, etc)
    
    Returns:
    	false if date string is not a real date; else
    	true, anchor_year, COinS_date
    		anchor_year can be used in CITEREF anchors
    		COinS_date is date_string without anchor_year disambiguator if any
    ]]
    function check_date (date_string)
    	local year;
    	local month=0;		-- assume that month and day are not used; if either is zero then final year/month/day validation is not necessary
    	local day=0;
    	local day2=0;		-- second day in a day range	
    	local anchor_year;
    	local coins_date;
    
    	if date_string:match("^%d%d%d%d%-%d%d%-%d%d$") then			-- Year-initial numerical year month day format
    		year, month, day=string.match(date_string, "(%d%d%d%d)%-(%d%d)%-(%d%d)");
    		month=tonumber(month);
    		if 12 < month or 1 > month or 1583 > tonumber(year) then return false; end	-- month number not valid or not Gregorian calendar
    		anchor_year = year;
    
    	elseif date_string:match("^%a+ +[1-9]%d?, +[1-9]%d%d%d%a?$") then	-- month-initial: month day, year
    		month, day, anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "(%a+)%s*(%d%d?),%s*((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		month = get_month_number (month);
    		if 0 == month then return false; end					-- return false if month text isn't one of the twelve months
    				
    	elseif date_string:match("^%a+ +[1-9]%d?–[1-9]%d?, +[1-9]%d%d%d%a?$") then	-- month-initial day range: month day–day, year; days are separated by endash
    		month, day, day2, anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "(%a+) +(%d%d?)–(%d%d?), +((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		if tonumber(day) >= tonumber(day2) then return false; end				-- date range order is left to right: earlier to later; dates may not be the same;
    		month = get_month_number (month);
    		if 0 == month then return false; end					-- return false if month text isn't one of the twelve months
    
    	elseif date_string:match("^[1-9]%d? +%a+ +[1-9]%d%d%d%a?$") then		-- day-initial: day month year
    		day, month, anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "(%d%d*)%s*(%a+)%s*((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		month = get_month_number (month);
    		if 0 == month then return false; end					-- return false if month text isn't one of the twelve months
    
    	elseif date_string:match("^[1-9]%d?–[1-9]%d? +%a+ +[1-9]%d%d%d%a?$") then	-- day-range-initial: day–day month year; days are separated by endash
    		day, day2, month, anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "(%d%d?)–(%d%d?) +(%a+) +((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		if tonumber(day) >= tonumber(day2) then return false; end				-- date range order is left to right: earlier to later; dates may not be the same;
    		month = get_month_number (month);
    		if 0 == month then return false; end					-- return false if month text isn't one of the twelve months
    
    	elseif mw.ustring.match (date_string, "^%a+–%a+ +[1-9]%d%d%d%a?$") then		-- month/season range year; months separated by endash 
    		local month2
    		month, month2, anchor_year, year=mw.ustring.match (date_string, "(%a+)[%-/–](%a+)%s*((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		if false == is_valid_month_season_range(month, month2) then
    			return false;
    		end
    		
    	elseif date_string:match("^%a+ +%d%d%d%d%a?$") then			-- month/season year
    		month, anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "(%a+)%s*((%d%d%d%d)%a?)");
    		if 0 == get_month_number (month) then					-- if month text isn't one of the twelve months, might be a season
    			if 0 == get_season_number (month) then				-- not a month, is it a season?
    				return false;									-- return false not a month or one of the five seasons
    			end
    		end
    
    	elseif date_string:match("^[1-9]%d%d%d?%a?$") then			-- year; here accept either YYY or YYYY
    		anchor_year, year=string.match(date_string, "((%d%d%d%d?)%a?)");
    
    	else
    		return false;											-- date format not one of the MOS:DATE approved formats
    	end
    
    	if 0~=month and 0~=day then									-- check year month day dates for validity
    		if 0~=day2 then											-- If there is a second day (d–d Mmm YYYY or Mmm d–d, YYYY) test the second date
    			if false==is_valid_date(year,month,day2) then
    				return false;									-- second date in date range string is not a real date return false; unset anchor_year and coins_date
    			end													-- if second date range string is valid, fall through to test the first date range
    		end
    		if false==is_valid_date(year,month,day) then
    			return false;										-- date string is not a real date return false; unset anchor_year and coins_date
    		end
    	end
    
    	coins_date= mw.ustring.gsub( date_string, "–", "-" );		-- if here, then date_string is valid; set coins_date and replace any ndash with a hyphen
    	
    	return true, anchor_year, coins_date;						-- format is good and date string represents a real date
    end	
    
    --[[
    Cycle the date-holding parameters in passed table date_parameters_list through check_date() to check compliance with MOS:DATE. For all valid dates, check_date() returns
    true and values for anchor_year (used in CITEREF identifiers) and COinS_date (used in the COinS metadata).  The |date= parameter test is unique.  This function only 
    accepts anchor_year and COinS_date results from the |date= parameter test and |date= is the only date-holding parameter that is allowed to contain the no-date keywords
    "n.d." or "nd" (without quotes).
    
    Unlike most error messages created in this module, only one error message is created by this function. Because all of the date holding parameters are processed serially,
    a single error message is created as the dates are tested.
    ]]
    
    function dates(date_parameters_list)
    	local anchor_year;		-- will return as nil if the date being tested is not |date=
    	local COinS_date;		-- will return as nil if the date being tested is not |date=
    	local error_message ="";
    	local good_date=false;
    	
    	for k, v in pairs(date_parameters_list) do		-- for each date-holding parameter in the list
    		if is_set(v) then							-- if the parameter has a value
    			if v:match("^c%. [1-9]%d%d%d?%a?$") then	-- special case for c. year or with or without CITEREF disambiguator - only |date= and |year=
    				if 'date'==k then
    					good_date, anchor_year, COinS_date = true, v:match("((c%. [1-9]d%d%d?)%a?)");	-- anchor year and COinS_date only from |date= parameter
    				elseif 'year'==k then
    					good_date =  true;
    				end
    			elseif 'year'==k then					-- if the parameter is |year= (but not c. year)
    				if v:match("^[1-9]%d%d%d?%a?$") then	-- year with or without CITEREF disambiguator
    					good_date =  true;
    				end
    			elseif 'date'==k then					-- if the parameter is |date=
    				if v:match("n%.d%.%a?") then		-- if |date=n.d. with or without a CITEREF disambiguator
    					good_date, anchor_year, COinS_date = true, v:match("((n%.d%.)%a?)");	--"n.d."; no error when date parameter is set to no date
    				elseif v:match("nd%a?$") then		-- if |date=nd with or without a CITEREF disambiguator
    					good_date, anchor_year, COinS_date = true, v:match("((nd)%a?)");	--"nd";	no error when date parameter is set to no date
    				else
    					good_date, anchor_year, COinS_date = check_date (v);	-- go test the date
    				end
    			else									-- any other date-holding parameter
    				good_date = check_date (v);			-- go test the date
    			end
    			if false==good_date then				-- assemble one error message so we don't add the tracking category multiple times
    				if is_set(error_message) then		-- once we've added the first portion of the error message ...
    					error_message=error_message .. ", ";	-- ... add a comma space separator
    				end
    				error_message=error_message .. "&#124;" .. k .. "=";	-- add the failed parameter
    			end
    		end
    	end
    	if is_set(error_message) then
    		table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'bad_date', {error_message}, true ) } );	-- add this error message
    	end
    
    	return anchor_year, COinS_date;		-- and done
    end
    
    --[[
    Determines whether a URL string is valid
    
    At present the only check is whether the string appears to 
    be prefixed with a URI scheme.  It is not determined whether 
    the URI scheme is valid or whether the URL is otherwise well 
    formed.
    ]]
    function checkurl( url_str )
        -- Protocol-relative or URL scheme
        return url_str:sub(1,2) == "//" or url_str:match( "^[^/]*:" ) ~= nil;
    end
    
    -- Removes irrelevant text and dashes from ISBN number
    -- Similar to that used for Special:BookSources
    function cleanisbn( isbn_str )
        return isbn_str:gsub( "[^-0-9X]", "" );
    end
    
    --[[
    ISBN-10 and ISSN validator code calculates checksum across all isbn/issn digits including the check digit. ISBN-13 is checked in checkisbn().
    If the number is valid the result will be 0. Before calling this function, issbn/issn must be checked for length and stripped of dashes,
    spaces and other non-isxn characters.
    ]]
    function is_valid_isxn (isxn_str, len)
    	local temp = 0;
    	isxn_str = { isxn_str:byte(1, len) };	-- make a table of bytes
    	len = len+1;							-- adjust to be a loop counter
    	for i, v in ipairs( isxn_str ) do		-- loop through all of the bytes and calculate the checksum
    		if v == string.byte( "X" ) then		-- if checkdigit is X
    			temp = temp + 10*( len - i );	-- it represents 10 decimal
    		else
    			temp = temp + tonumber( string.char(v) )*(len-i);
    		end
    	end
    	return temp % 11 == 0;					-- returns true if calculation result is zero
    end
    
    -- Determines whether an ISBN string is valid
    function checkisbn( isbn_str )
    	if nil ~= isbn_str:match("[^%s-0-9X]") then return false; end		-- fail if isbn_str contains anything but digits, hyphens, or the uppercase X
    	isbn_str = isbn_str:gsub( "-", "" ):gsub( " ", "" );	-- remove hyphens and spaces
    	local len = isbn_str:len();
     
    	if len ~= 10 and len ~= 13 then
    		return false;
    	end
    
    	if len == 10 then
    		if isbn_str:match( "^%d*X?$" ) == nil then return false; end
    		return is_valid_isxn(isbn_str, 10);
    	else
    		local temp = 0;
    		if isbn_str:match( "^97[89]%d*$" ) == nil then return false; end	-- isbn13 begins with 978 or 979
    		isbn_str = { isbn_str:byte(1, len) };
    		for i, v in ipairs( isbn_str ) do
    			temp = temp + (3 - 2*(i % 2)) * tonumber( string.char(v) );
    		end
    		return temp % 10 == 0;
    	end
    end
    
    -- Gets the display text for a wikilink like [[A|B]] or [[B]] gives B
    function removewikilink( str )
        return (str:gsub( "%[%[([^%[%]]*)%]%]", function(l)
            return l:gsub( "^[^|]*|(.*)$", "%1" ):gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1");
        end));
    end
    
    -- Escape sequences for content that will be used for URL descriptions
    function safeforurl( str )
        if str:match( "%[%[.-%]%]" ) ~= nil then 
            table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'wikilink_in_url', {}, true ) } );
        end
        
        return str:gsub( '[%[%]\n]', {    
            ['['] = '&#91;',
            [']'] = '&#93;',
            ['\n'] = ' ' } );
    end
    
    -- Converts a hyphen to a dash
    function hyphentodash( str )
        if not is_set(str) or str:match( "[%[%]{}<>]" ) ~= nil then
            return str;
        end    
        return str:gsub( '-', '–' );
    end
    
    -- Protects a string that will be wrapped in wiki italic markup '' ... ''
    function safeforitalics( str )
        --[[ Note: We can not use <i> for italics, as the expected behavior for
        italics specified by ''...'' in the title is that they will be inverted
        (i.e. unitalicized) in the resulting references.  In addition, <i> and ''
        tend to interact poorly under Mediawiki's HTML tidy. ]]
        
        if not is_set(str) then
            return str;
        else
            if str:sub(1,1) == "'" then str = "<span />" .. str; end
            if str:sub(-1,-1) == "'" then str = str .. "<span />"; end
            
            -- Remove newlines as they break italics.
            return str:gsub( '\n', ' ' );
        end
    end
    
    --[[
    Joins a sequence of strings together while checking for duplicate separation
    characters.
    ]]
    function safejoin( tbl, duplicate_char )
        --[[
        Note: we use string functions here, rather than ustring functions.
        
        This has considerably faster performance and should work correctly as 
        long as the duplicate_char is strict ASCII.  The strings
        in tbl may be ASCII or UTF8.
        ]]
        
        local str = '';
        local comp = '';
        local end_chr = '';
        local trim;
        for _, value in ipairs( tbl ) do
            if value == nil then value = ''; end
            
            if str == '' then
                str = value;
            elseif value ~= '' then
                if value:sub(1,1) == '<' then
                    -- Special case of values enclosed in spans and other markup.
                    comp = value:gsub( "%b<>", "" );
                else
                    comp = value;
                end
                
                if comp:sub(1,1) == duplicate_char then
                    trim = false;
                    end_chr = str:sub(-1,-1);
                    -- str = str .. "<HERE(enchr=" .. end_chr.. ")"
                    if end_chr == duplicate_char then
                        str = str:sub(1,-2);
                    elseif end_chr == "'" then
                        if str:sub(-3,-1) == duplicate_char .. "''" then
                            str = str:sub(1, -4) .. "''";
                        elseif str:sub(-5,-1) == duplicate_char .. "]]''" then
                            trim = true;
                        elseif str:sub(-4,-1) == duplicate_char .. "]''" then
                            trim = true;
                        end
                    elseif end_chr == "]" then
                        if str:sub(-3,-1) == duplicate_char .. "]]" then
                            trim = true;
                        elseif str:sub(-2,-1) == duplicate_char .. "]" then
                            trim = true;
                        end
                    elseif end_chr == " " then
                        if str:sub(-2,-1) == duplicate_char .. " " then
                            str = str:sub(1,-3);
                        end
                    end
    
                    if trim then
                        if value ~= comp then 
                            local dup2 = duplicate_char;
                            if dup2:match( "%A" ) then dup2 = "%" .. dup2; end
                            
                            value = value:gsub( "(%b<>)" .. dup2, "%1", 1 )
                        else
                            value = value:sub( 2, -1 );
                        end
                    end
                end
                str = str .. value;
            end
        end
        return str;
    end  
    
    -- Attempts to convert names to initials.
    function reducetoinitials(first)
        local initials = {}
        for word in string.gmatch(first, "%S+") do
            table.insert(initials, string.sub(word,1,1)) -- Vancouver format does not include full stops.
        end
        return table.concat(initials) -- Vancouver format does not include spaces.
    end
    
    -- Formats a list of people (e.g. authors / editors) 
    function listpeople(control, people)
        local sep = control.sep;
        local namesep = control.namesep
        local format = control.format
        local maximum = control.maximum
        local lastauthoramp = control.lastauthoramp;
        local text = {}
        local etal = false;
        
        if sep:sub(-1,-1) ~= " " then sep = sep .. " " end
        if maximum ~= nil and maximum < 1 then return "", 0; end
        
        for i,person in ipairs(people) do
            if is_set(person.last) then
                local mask = person.mask
                local one
                local sep_one = sep;
                if maximum ~= nil and i > maximum then
                    etal = true;
                    break;
                elseif (mask ~= nil) then
                    local n = tonumber(mask)
                    if (n ~= nil) then
                        one = string.rep("&mdash;",n)
                    else
                        one = mask;
                        sep_one = " ";
                    end
                else
                    one = person.last
                    local first = person.first
                    if is_set(first) then 
                        if ( "vanc" == format ) then first = reducetoinitials(first) end
                        one = one .. namesep .. first 
                    end
                    if is_set(person.link) then one = "[[" .. person.link .. "|" .. one .. "]]" end
                end
                table.insert( text, one )
                table.insert( text, sep_one )
            end
        end
    
        local count = #text / 2;
        if count > 0 then 
            if count > 1 and is_set(lastauthoramp) and not etal then
                text[#text-2] = " & ";
            end
            text[#text] = nil; 
        end
        
        local result = table.concat(text) -- construct list
        if etal then 
            local etal_text = cfg.messages['et al'];
            result = result .. " " .. etal_text;
        end
        
        -- if necessary wrap result in <span> tag to format in Small Caps
        if ( "scap" == format ) then result = 
            '<span class="smallcaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">' .. result .. '</span>';
        end 
        return result, count
    end
    
    -- Generates a CITEREF anchor ID.
    function anchorid( options )
        return "CITEREF" .. table.concat( options );
    end
    
    -- Gets name list from the input arguments
    function extractnames(args, list_name)
        local names = {};
        local i = 1;
        local last;
        
        while true do
            last = selectone( args, cfg.aliases[list_name .. '-Last'], 'redundant_parameters', i );
            if not is_set(last) then
                -- just in case someone passed in an empty parameter
                break;
            end
            names[i] = {
                last = last,
                first = selectone( args, cfg.aliases[list_name .. '-First'], 'redundant_parameters', i ),
                link = selectone( args, cfg.aliases[list_name .. '-Link'], 'redundant_parameters', i ),
                mask = selectone( args, cfg.aliases[list_name .. '-Mask'], 'redundant_parameters', i )
            };
            i = i + 1;
        end
        return names;
    end
    
    -- Populates ID table from arguments using configuration settings
    function extractids( args )
        local id_list = {};
        for k, v in pairs( cfg.id_handlers ) do    
            v = selectone( args, v.parameters, 'redundant_parameters' );
            if is_set(v) then id_list[k] = v; end
        end
        return id_list;
    end
    
    -- Takes a table of IDs and turns it into a table of formatted ID outputs.
    function buildidlist( id_list, options )
        local new_list, handler = {};
        
        function fallback(k) return { __index = function(t,i) return cfg.id_handlers[k][i] end } end;
        
        for k, v in pairs( id_list ) do
            -- fallback to read-only cfg
            handler = setmetatable( { ['id'] = v }, fallback(k) );
            
            if handler.mode == 'external' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, externallinkid( handler ) } );
            elseif handler.mode == 'internal' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, internallinkid( handler ) } );
            elseif handler.mode ~= 'manual' then
                error( cfg.messages['unknown_ID_mode'] );
            elseif k == 'DOI' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, doi( v, options.DoiBroken ) } );
            elseif k == 'ASIN' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, amazon( v, options.ASINTLD ) } ); 
            elseif k == 'OL' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, openlibrary( v ) } );
            elseif k == 'PMC' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, pmc( v, options.Embargo ) } );
            elseif k == 'PMID' then
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, pmid( v ) } );
            elseif k == 'ISSN' then
            	table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, issn( v ) } );
            elseif k == 'ISBN' then
                local ISBN = internallinkid( handler );
                if not checkisbn( v ) and not is_set(options.IgnoreISBN) then
                    ISBN = ISBN .. seterror( 'bad_isbn', {}, false, " ", "" );
                end
                table.insert( new_list, {handler.label, ISBN } );                
            else
                error( cfg.messages['unknown_manual_ID'] );
            end
        end
        
        function comp( a, b )	-- used in following table.sort()
            return a[1] < b[1];
        end
        
        table.sort( new_list, comp );
        for k, v in ipairs( new_list ) do
            new_list[k] = v[2];
        end
        
        return new_list;
    end
      
    -- Chooses one matching parameter from a list of parameters to consider
    -- Generates an error if more than one match is present.
    function selectone( args, possible, error_condition, index )
        local value = nil;
        local selected = '';
        local error_list = {};
        
        if index ~= nil then index = tostring(index); end
        
        -- Handle special case of "#" replaced by empty string
        if index == '1' then
            for _, v in ipairs( possible ) do
                v = v:gsub( "#", "" );
                if is_set(args[v]) then
                    if value ~= nil and selected ~= v then
                        table.insert( error_list, v );
                    else
                        value = args[v];
                        selected = v;
                    end
                end
            end        
        end
        
        for _, v in ipairs( possible ) do
            if index ~= nil then
                v = v:gsub( "#", index );
            end
            if is_set(args[v]) then
                if value ~= nil and selected ~=  v then
                    table.insert( error_list, v );
                else
                    value = args[v];
                    selected = v;
                end
            end
        end
        
        if #error_list > 0 then
            local error_str = "";
            for _, k in ipairs( error_list ) do
                if error_str ~= "" then error_str = error_str .. cfg.messages['parameter-separator'] end
                error_str = error_str .. wrap( 'parameter', k );
            end
            if #error_list > 1 then
                error_str = error_str .. cfg.messages['parameter-final-separator'];
            else
                error_str = error_str .. cfg.messages['parameter-pair-separator'];
            end
            error_str = error_str .. wrap( 'parameter', selected );
            table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( error_condition, {error_str}, true ) } );
        end
        
        return value, selected;
    end
    
    -- COinS metadata (see <http://ocoins.info/>) allows automated tools to parse
    -- the citation information.
    function COinS(data)
        if 'table' ~= type(data) or nil == next(data) then
            return '';
        end
        
        local ctx_ver = "Z39.88-2004";
        
        -- treat table strictly as an array with only set values.
        local OCinSoutput = setmetatable( {}, {
            __newindex = function(self, key, value)
                if is_set(value) then
                    rawset( self, #self+1, table.concat{ key, '=', mw.uri.encode( removewikilink( value ) ) } );
                end
            end
        });
        
        if is_set(data.Chapter) then
            OCinSoutput.rft_val_fmt = "info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book";
            OCinSoutput["rft.genre"] = "bookitem";
            OCinSoutput["rft.btitle"] = data.Chapter;
            OCinSoutput["rft.atitle"] = data.Title;
        elseif is_set(data.Periodical) then
            OCinSoutput.rft_val_fmt = "info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal";
            OCinSoutput["rft.genre"] = "article";
            OCinSoutput["rft.jtitle"] = data.Periodical;
            OCinSoutput["rft.atitle"] = data.Title;
        else
            OCinSoutput.rft_val_fmt = "info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:book";
            OCinSoutput["rft.genre"] = "book"
            OCinSoutput["rft.btitle"] = data.Title;
        end
        
        OCinSoutput["rft.place"] = data.PublicationPlace;
        OCinSoutput["rft.date"] = data.Date;
        OCinSoutput["rft.series"] = data.Series;
        OCinSoutput["rft.volume"] = data.Volume;
        OCinSoutput["rft.issue"] = data.Issue;
        OCinSoutput["rft.pages"] = data.Pages;
        OCinSoutput["rft.edition"] = data.Edition;
        OCinSoutput["rft.pub"] = data.PublisherName;
        
        for k, v in pairs( data.ID_list ) do
            local id, value = cfg.id_handlers[k].COinS;
            if k == 'ISBN' then value = cleanisbn( v ); else value = v; end
            if string.sub( id or "", 1, 4 ) == 'info' then
                OCinSoutput["rft_id"] = table.concat{ id, "/", v };
            else
                OCinSoutput[ id ] = value;
            end
        end
        
        local last, first;
        for k, v in ipairs( data.Authors ) do
            last, first = v.last, v.first;
            if k == 1 then
                if is_set(last) then
                    OCinSoutput["rft.aulast"] = last;
                end
                if is_set(first) then 
                    OCinSoutput["rft.aufirst"] = first;
                end
            end
            if is_set(last) and is_set(first) then
                OCinSoutput["rft.au"] = table.concat{ last, ", ", first };
            elseif is_set(last) then
                OCinSoutput["rft.au"] = last;
            end
        end
        
        OCinSoutput.rft_id = data.URL;
        OCinSoutput.rfr_id = table.concat{ "info:sid/", mw.site.server:match( "[^/]*$" ), ":", data.RawPage };
        OCinSoutput = setmetatable( OCinSoutput, nil );
        
        -- sort with version string always first, and combine.
        table.sort( OCinSoutput );
        table.insert( OCinSoutput, 1, "ctx_ver=" .. ctx_ver );  -- such as "Z39.88-2004"
        return table.concat(OCinSoutput, "&");
    end
    
    --[[
    This is the main function doing the majority of the citation
    formatting.
    ]]
    function citation0( config, args)
        --[[ 
        Load Input Parameters
        The argment_wrapper facillitates the mapping of multiple
        aliases to single internal variable.
        ]]
        local A = argument_wrapper( args );
    
        local i 
        local PPrefix = A['PPrefix']
        local PPPrefix = A['PPPrefix']
        if is_set( A['NoPP'] ) then PPPrefix = "" PPrefix = "" end
        
        -- Pick out the relevant fields from the arguments.  Different citation templates
        -- define different field names for the same underlying things.    
        local Authors = A['Authors'];
        local a = extractnames( args, 'AuthorList' );
    
        local Coauthors = A['Coauthors'];
        local Others = A['Others'];
        local Editors = A['Editors'];
        local e = extractnames( args, 'EditorList' );
    
        local Year = A['Year'];
        local PublicationDate = A['PublicationDate'];
        local OrigYear = A['OrigYear'];
        local Date = A['Date'];
        local LayDate = A['LayDate'];
        ------------------------------------------------- Get title data
        local Title = A['Title'];
        local BookTitle = A['BookTitle'];
        local Conference = A['Conference'];
        local TransTitle = A['TransTitle'];
        local TitleNote = A['TitleNote'];
        local TitleLink = A['TitleLink'];
        local Chapter = A['Chapter'];
        local ChapterLink = A['ChapterLink'];
        local TransChapter = A['TransChapter'];
        local TitleType = A['TitleType'];
        local Degree = A['Degree'];
        local Docket = A['Docket'];
        local ArchiveURL = A['ArchiveURL'];
        local URL = A['URL']
        local URLorigin = A:ORIGIN('URL');
        local ChapterURL = A['ChapterURL'];
        local ChapterURLorigin = A:ORIGIN('ChapterURL');
        local ConferenceURL = A['ConferenceURL'];
        local ConferenceURLorigin = A:ORIGIN('ConferenceURL');
        local Periodical = A['Periodical'];
    
    --[[
    Parameter remapping for cite encyclopedia:
    When the citation has these parameters:
    	|encyclopedia and |title then map |title to |article and |encyclopedia to |title
    	|encyclopedia and |article then map |encyclopedia to |title
    	|encyclopedia then map |encyclopedia to |title
    
    	|trans_title maps to |trans_chapter when |title is re-mapped
    
    All other combinations of |encyclopedia, |title, and |article are not modified
    ]]
    	if ( config.CitationClass == "encyclopaedia" ) then
    		if is_set(Periodical) then					-- Periodical is set when |encyclopedia is set
    			if is_set(Title) then
    				if not is_set(Chapter) then
    					Chapter = Title;				-- |encyclopedia and |title are set so map |title to |article and |encyclopedia to |title
    					TransChapter = TransTitle;
    					Title = Periodical;
    					Periodical = '';				-- redundant so unset
    					TransTitle = '';				-- redundant so unset
    				end
    			else									-- |title not set
    				Title = Periodical;					-- |encyclopedia set and |article set or not set so map |encyclopedia to |title
    				Periodical = '';					-- redundant so unset
    			end
    		end
    	end
    
    local Series = A['Series'];
        local Volume = A['Volume'];
        local Issue = A['Issue'];
        local Position = '';
        local Page, Pages, At, page_type;
        
        Page = A['Page'];
        Pages = hyphentodash( A['Pages'] );
        At = A['At'];
        
        if is_set(Page) then
            if is_set(Pages) or is_set(At) then
                Page = Page .. " " .. seterror('extra_pages');
                Pages = '';
                At = '';
            end
        elseif is_set(Pages) then
            if is_set(At) then
                Pages = Pages .. " " .. seterror('extra_pages');
                At = '';
            end
        end    
        
        local Edition = A['Edition'];
        local PublicationPlace = A['PublicationPlace']
        local Place = A['Place'];
        
        if not is_set(PublicationPlace) and is_set(Place) then
            PublicationPlace = Place;
        end
        
        if PublicationPlace == Place then Place = ''; end
        
        local PublisherName = A['PublisherName'];
        local RegistrationRequired = A['RegistrationRequired'];
        local SubscriptionRequired = A['SubscriptionRequired'];
        local Via = A['Via'];
        local AccessDate = A['AccessDate'];
        local ArchiveDate = A['ArchiveDate'];
        local Agency = A['Agency'];
        local DeadURL = A['DeadURL']
        local Language = A['Language'];
        local Format = A['Format'];
        local Ref = A['Ref'];
        
        local DoiBroken = A['DoiBroken'];
    	
    -- Special case for cite techreport.
    	local ID = A['ID'];
    	if (config.CitationClass == "techreport") then	-- special case for cite techreport
    		if is_set(Issue) then						-- cite techreport uses 'number', which other citations aliase to 'issue'
    			if not is_set(ID) then					-- can we use ID for the "number"?
    				ID = Issue;							-- yes, use it
    				Issue = "";							-- unset Issue so that "number" isn't duplicated in the rendered citation or COinS metadata
    			else									-- can't use ID so emit error message
    				ID = ID .. " " .. seterror('redundant_parameters', '<code>&#124;id=</code> and <code>&#124;number=</code>');
    			end
    		end	
    	end	
    			
        local ASINTLD = A['ASINTLD'];
        local IgnoreISBN = A['IgnoreISBN'];
        local Embargo = A['Embargo'];
    
        local ID_list = extractids( args );
        
        local Quote = A['Quote'];
        local PostScript = A['PostScript'];
        local LayURL = A['LayURL'];
        local LaySource = A['LaySource'];
        local Transcript = A['Transcript'];
        local TranscriptURL = A['TranscriptURL'] 
        local TranscriptURLorigin = A:ORIGIN('TranscriptURL');
        local sepc = A['Separator'];
        local LastAuthorAmp = A['LastAuthorAmp'];
        local no_tracking_cats = A['NoTracking'];
    
        local use_lowercase = ( sepc ~= '.' );
        local this_page = mw.title.getCurrentTitle();  --Also used for COinS and for language
        
        if not is_set(no_tracking_cats) then
            for k, v in pairs( cfg.uncategorized_namespaces ) do
                if this_page.nsText == v then
                    no_tracking_cats = "true";
                    break;
                end
            end
        end
    
    	local anchor_year;		-- used in the CITEREF identifier
    	local COinS_date;		-- used in the COinS metadata
    
    -- legacy: promote concatenation of |day=, |month=, and |year= to Date if Date not set; or, promote PublicationDate to Date if neither Date nor Year are set.
    	if not is_set(Date) then
    		Date = Year;						-- promote Year to Date
    		Year = nil;							-- make nil so Year as empty string isn't used for CITEREF
    		if is_set(Date) then
    			local Month = A['Month'];
    			if is_set(Month) then
    				Date = Month .. " " .. Date;
    				local Day = A['Day']
    				if is_set(Day) then Date = Day .. " " .. Date end
    			end
    		elseif is_set(PublicationDate) then	-- use PublicationDate when |date= and |year= are not set
    			Date = PublicationDate;			-- promonte PublicationDate to Date
    			PublicationDate = '';			-- unset, no longer needed
    		end
    	end
    
    	if PublicationDate == Date then PublicationDate = ''; end	-- if PublicationDate is same as Date, don't display in rendered citation
    
    -- Go test all of the date-holding parameters for valid MOS:DATE format and make sure that dates are real dates.
    -- TODO: 2013-10-27: AirDate is nil when dates() is called because it hasn't been set yet.  Move the call to dates() or set AirDate earlier.
    	anchor_year, COinS_date = dates({['accessdate']=AccessDate, ['airdate']=AirDate, ['archivedate']=ArchiveDate, ['date']=Date, ['doi_brokendate']=DoiBroken,
    		['embargo']=Embargo, ['laydate']=LayDate, ['publicationdate']=PublicationDate, ['year']=Year});
    
    -- At this point fields may be nil if they weren't specified in the template use.  We can use that fact.
    
    	--Account for the oddity that is {{cite journal}} with |pmc= set and |url= not set
    	if config.CitationClass == "journal" and not is_set(URL) and is_set(ID_list['PMC']) then
    		if not is_embargoed(Embargo) then
    			URL=cfg.id_handlers['PMC'].prefix .. ID_list['PMC'];	-- set url to be the same as the PMC external link if not embargoed
    			URLorigin = cfg.id_handlers['PMC'].parameters[1];		-- set URLorigin to parameter name for use in error message if citation is missing a |title=
    		end
    	end
    
        -- Account for the oddity that is {{cite conference}}, before generation of COinS data.
        if is_set(BookTitle) then
            Chapter = Title;
            ChapterLink = TitleLink;
            TransChapter = TransTitle;
            Title = BookTitle;
            TitleLink = '';
            TransTitle = '';
        end
        -- Account for the oddity that is {{cite episode}}, before generation of COinS data.
        if config.CitationClass == "episode" then
            local AirDate = A['AirDate'];
            local SeriesLink = A['SeriesLink'];
            local Season = A['Season'];
            local SeriesNumber = A['SeriesNumber'];
            local Network = A['Network'];
            local Station = A['Station'];
            local s, n = {}, {};
            local Sep = (first_set(A["SeriesSeparator"], A["Separator"]) or "") .. " ";
            
            if is_set(Issue) then table.insert(s, cfg.messages["episode"] .. " " .. Issue); Issue = ''; end
            if is_set(Season) then table.insert(s, cfg.messages["season"] .. " " .. Season); end
            if is_set(SeriesNumber) then table.insert(s, cfg.messages["series"] .. " " .. SeriesNumber); end
            if is_set(Network) then table.insert(n, Network); end
            if is_set(Station) then table.insert(n, Station); end
            
            Date = Date or AirDate;
            Chapter = Title;
            ChapterLink = TitleLink;
            TransChapter = TransTitle;
            Title = Series;
            TitleLink = SeriesLink;
            TransTitle = '';
            
            Series = table.concat(s, Sep);
            ID = table.concat(n, Sep);
        end
        
        -- COinS metadata (see <http://ocoins.info/>) for
        -- automated parsing of citation information.
        local OCinSoutput = COinS{
            ['Periodical'] = Periodical,
            ['Chapter'] = Chapter,
            ['Title'] = Title,
            ['PublicationPlace'] = PublicationPlace,
            ['Date'] = first_set(COinS_date, Date),		-- COinS_date has correctly formatted date if Date is valid; any reason to keep Date here?  Should we be including invalid dates in metadata?
            ['Series'] = Series,
            ['Volume'] = Volume,
            ['Issue'] = Issue,
            ['Pages'] = first_set(Page, Pages, At),
            ['Edition'] = Edition,
            ['PublisherName'] = PublisherName,
            ['URL'] = first_set( URL, ChapterURL ),
            ['Authors'] = a,
            ['ID_list'] = ID_list,
            ['RawPage'] = this_page.prefixedText,
        };
    
        if is_set(Periodical) and not is_set(Chapter) and is_set(Title) then
            Chapter = Title;
            ChapterLink = TitleLink;
            TransChapter = TransTitle;
            Title = '';
            TitleLink = '';
            TransTitle = '';
        end
    
        -- Now perform various field substitutions.
        -- We also add leading spaces and surrounding markup and punctuation to the
        -- various parts of the citation, but only when they are non-nil.
        if not is_set(Authors) then
            local Maximum = tonumber( A['DisplayAuthors'] );
            
            -- Preserve old-style implicit et al.
            if not is_set(Maximum) and #a == 9 then 
                Maximum = 8;
                table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror('implict_etal_author', {}, true ) } );
            elseif not is_set(Maximum) then
                Maximum = #a + 1;
            end
                
            local control = { 
                sep = A["AuthorSeparator"] .. " ",
                namesep = (first_set(A["AuthorNameSeparator"], A["NameSeparator"]) or "") .. " ",
                format = A["AuthorFormat"],
                maximum = Maximum,
                lastauthoramp = LastAuthorAmp
            };
            
            -- If the coauthor field is also used, prevent ampersand and et al. formatting.
            if is_set(Coauthors) then
                control.lastauthoramp = nil;
                control.maximum = #a + 1;
            end
            
            Authors = listpeople(control, a) 
        end
    
    	if not is_set(Authors) and is_set(Coauthors) then	-- coauthors aren't displayed if one of authors=, authorn=, or lastn= isn't specified
    		table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror('coauthors_missing_author', {}, true) } );	-- emit error message
    	end
    
        local EditorCount
        if not is_set(Editors) then
            local Maximum = tonumber( A['DisplayEditors'] );
            -- Preserve old-style implicit et al.
            if not is_set(Maximum) and #e == 4 then 
                Maximum = 3;
                table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror('implict_etal_editor', {}, true) } );
            elseif not is_set(Maximum) then
                Maximum = #e + 1;
            end
    
            local control = { 
                sep = A["EditorSeparator"] .. " ",
                namesep = (first_set(A["EditorNameSeparator"], A["NameSeparator"]) or "") .. " ",
                format = A['EditorFormat'],
                maximum = Maximum,
                lastauthoramp = LastAuthorAmp
            };
    
            Editors, EditorCount = listpeople(control, e);
        else
            EditorCount = 1;
        end
    
        local Cartography = "";
        local Scale = "";
        if config.CitationClass == "map" then
            if not is_set( Authors ) and is_set( PublisherName ) then
                Authors = PublisherName;
                PublisherName = "";
            end
            Cartography = A['Cartography'];
            if is_set( Cartography ) then
                Cartography = sepc .. " " .. wrap( 'cartography', Cartography, use_lowercase );
            end        
            Scale = A['Scale'];
            if is_set( Scale ) then
                Scale = sepc .. " " .. Scale;
            end        
        end
        
        if  not is_set(URL) and
            not is_set(ChapterURL) and
            not is_set(ArchiveURL) and
            not is_set(ConferenceURL) and
            not is_set(TranscriptURL) then
            
            -- Test if cite web or cite podcast |url= is missing or empty 
    		if inArray(config.CitationClass, {"web","podcast"}) then	
    			table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'cite_web_url', {}, true ) } );
    		end
            
            -- Test if accessdate is given without giving a URL
            if is_set(AccessDate) then
                table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'accessdate_missing_url', {}, true ) } );
                AccessDate = '';
            end
            
            -- Test if format is given without giving a URL
            if is_set(Format) then
                Format = Format .. seterror( 'format_missing_url' );
            end
        end
        
        -- Test if citation has no title
        if  not is_set(Chapter) and
            not is_set(Title) and
            not is_set(Periodical) and
            not is_set(Conference) and
            not is_set(TransTitle) and
            not is_set(TransChapter) then
            table.insert( z.message_tail, { seterror( 'citation_missing_title', {}, true ) } );
        end
        
        Format = is_set(Format) and " (" .. Format .. ")" or "";
        
        local OriginalURL = URL
        DeadURL = DeadURL:lower();
        if is_set( ArchiveURL ) then
            if ( DeadURL ~= "no" ) then
                URL = ArchiveURL
                URLorigin = A:ORIGIN('ArchiveURL')
            end
        end
        
        -- Format chapter / article title
        if is_set(Chapter) and is_set(ChapterLink) then 
            Chapter = "[[" .. ChapterLink .. "|" .. Chapter .. "]]";
        end
        if is_set(Periodical) and is_set(Title) then
            Chapter = wrap( 'italic-title', Chapter );
            TransChapter = wrap( 'trans-italic-title', TransChapter );
        else
    		Chapter = kern_quotes (Chapter);				-- if necessary, separate chapter title's leading and trailing quote marks from Module provided quote marks
            Chapter = wrap( 'quoted-title', Chapter );
            TransChapter = wrap( 'trans-quoted-title', TransChapter );
        end
        
        local TransError = ""
        if is_set(TransChapter) then
            if not is_set(Chapter) then
                TransError = " " .. seterror( 'trans_missing_chapter' );
            else
                TransChapter = " " .. TransChapter;
            end
        end
        
        Chapter = Chapter .. TransChapter;
        
        if is_set(Chapter) then
            if not is_set(ChapterLink) then
                if is_set(ChapterURL) then
                    Chapter = externallink( ChapterURL, Chapter ) .. TransError;
                    if not is_set(URL) then
                        Chapter = Chapter .. Format;
                        Format = "";
                    end
                elseif is_set(URL) then 
                    Chapter = externallink( URL, Chapter ) .. TransError .. Format;
                    URL = "";
                    Format = "";
                else
                    Chapter = Chapter .. TransError;
                end            
            elseif is_set(ChapterURL) then
                Chapter = Chapter .. " " .. externallink( ChapterURL, nil, ChapterURLorigin ) .. 
                    TransError;
            else
                Chapter = Chapter .. TransError;
            end
            Chapter = Chapter .. sepc .. " " -- with end-space
        elseif is_set(ChapterURL) then
            Chapter = " " .. externallink( ChapterURL, nil, ChapterURLorigin ) .. sepc .. " ";
        end        
        
        -- Format main title.
        if is_set(TitleLink) and is_set(Title) then
            Title = "[[" .. TitleLink .. "|" .. Title .. "]]"
        end
        
        if is_set(Periodical) then
    		Title = kern_quotes (Title);				-- if necessary, separate title's leading and trailing quote marks from Module provided quote marks
            Title = wrap( 'quoted-title', Title );
            TransTitle = wrap( 'trans-quoted-title', TransTitle );
        elseif inArray(config.CitationClass, {"web","news","pressrelease","conference","podcast"}) and
                not is_set(Chapter) then
    		Title = kern_quotes (Title);				-- if necessary, separate title's leading and trailing quote marks from Module provided quote marks
            Title = wrap( 'quoted-title', Title );
            TransTitle = wrap( 'trans-quoted-title', TransTitle );
        else
            Title = wrap( 'italic-title', Title );
            TransTitle = wrap( 'trans-italic-title', TransTitle );
        end
        
        TransError = "";
        if is_set(TransTitle) then
            if not is_set(Title) then
                TransError = " " .. seterror( 'trans_missing_title' );
            else
                TransTitle = " " .. TransTitle;
            end
        end
        
        Title = Title .. TransTitle;
        
        if is_set(Title) then
            if not is_set(TitleLink) and is_set(URL) then 
                Title = externallink( URL, Title ) .. TransError .. Format       
                URL = "";
                Format = "";
            else
                Title = Title .. TransError;
            end
        end
        
        if is_set(Place) then
            Place = " " .. wrap( 'written', Place, use_lowercase ) .. sepc .. " ";
        end
        
        if is_set(Conference) then
            if is_set(ConferenceURL) then
                Conference = externallink( ConferenceURL, Conference );
            end
            Conference = sepc .. " " .. Conference
        elseif is_set(ConferenceURL) then
            Conference = sepc .. " " .. externallink( ConferenceURL, nil, ConferenceURLorigin );
        end
        
        if not is_set(Position) then
            local Minutes = A['Minutes'];
            if is_set(Minutes) then
                Position = " " .. Minutes .. " " .. cfg.messages['minutes'];
            else
                local Time = A['Time'];
                if is_set(Time) then
                    local TimeCaption = A['TimeCaption']
                    if not is_set(TimeCaption) then
                        TimeCaption = cfg.messages['event'];
                        if sepc ~= '.' then
                            TimeCaption = TimeCaption:lower();
                        end
                    end
                    Position = " " .. TimeCaption .. " " .. Time;
                end
            end
        else
            Position = " " .. Position;
            At = '';
        end
        
        if not is_set(Page) then
            if is_set(Pages) then
                if is_set(Periodical) and
                    not inArray(config.CitationClass, {"encyclopaedia","web","book","news","podcast"}) then
                    Pages = ": " .. Pages;
                elseif tonumber(Pages) ~= nil then
                    Pages = sepc .." " .. PPrefix .. Pages;
                else
                    Pages = sepc .." " .. PPPrefix .. Pages;
                end
            end
        else
            if is_set(Periodical) and
                not inArray(config.CitationClass, {"encyclopaedia","web","book","news","podcast"}) then
                Page = ": " .. Page;
            else
                Page = sepc .." " .. PPrefix .. Page;
            end
        end
        
        At = is_set(At) and (sepc .. " " .. At) or "";
        Position = is_set(Position) and (sepc .. " " .. Position) or "";
        if config.CitationClass == 'map' then
            local Section = A['Section'];
            local Inset = A['Inset'];
            if first_set( Pages, Page, At ) ~= nil or sepc ~= '.' then
                if is_set( Section ) then
                    Section = ", " .. wrap( 'section', Section, true );
                end
                if is_set( Inset ) then
                    Inset = ", " .. wrap( 'inset', Inset, true );
                end
            else
                if is_set( Section ) then
                    Section = sepc .. " " .. wrap( 'section', Section, use_lowercase );
                    if is_set( Inset ) then
                        Inset = ", " .. wrap( 'inset', Inset, true );
                    end
                elseif is_set( Inset ) then
                    Inset = sepc .. " " .. wrap( 'inset', Inset, use_lowercase );
                end            
            end            
            At = At .. Section .. Inset;        
        end    
    
    	--[[Look in the list of iso639-1 language codes to see if the value provided in the language parameter matches one of them.  If a match is found, 
    	use that value; if not, then use the value that was provided with the language parameter.
    	
    	Categories are assigned in a manner similar to the {{xx icon}} templates - categorizes only mainspace citations and only when the language code is not 'en' (English).
    	]]
    	if is_set (Language) then
    --		local name = mw.language.fetchLanguageName( Language:lower(), "en" );	-- experiment: this seems to return correct ISO 639-1 language names
    		local name = cfg.iso639_1[Language:lower()];		-- get the language name if Language parameter has a valid iso 639-1 code
    		if nil == name then
    			Language=" " .. wrap( 'language', Language );	-- no match, use parameter's value
    		else
    			if 0 == this_page.namespace and 'en' ~= Language:lower() then	--found a match; is this page main / article space and English not the language?
    				Language=" " .. wrap( 'language', name .. '[[Category:Articles with ' .. name .. '-language external links]]' );	-- in main space and not English: categorize
    			else
    				Language=" " .. wrap( 'language', name );	--not in mainspace or language is English so don't categorize
    			end
    		end
    	else
    		Language="";	-- language not specified so make sure this is an empty string;
    	end
    
    	Others = is_set(Others) and (sepc .. " " .. Others) or "";
    
    -- handle type parameter for those CS1 citations that have default values
    
    	if inArray(config.CitationClass, {"podcast","pressrelease","techreport","thesis"}) then
    		TitleType = set_titletype (config.CitationClass, TitleType);
    		if is_set(Degree) and "Thesis" == TitleType then	-- special case for cite thesis
    			TitleType = Degree .. " thesis";
    		end
    	end
    
    	if is_set(TitleType) then					-- if type parameter is specified
    		TitleType = " (" .. TitleType .. ")";	-- display it in parentheses
    	end
    
    	TitleNote = is_set(TitleNote) and (sepc .. " " .. TitleNote) or "";
        Edition = is_set(Edition) and (" " .. wrap( 'edition', Edition )) or "";
        Issue = is_set(Issue) and (" (" .. Issue .. ")") or "";
        Series = is_set(Series) and (sepc .. " " .. Series) or "";
        OrigYear = is_set(OrigYear) and (" [" .. OrigYear .. "]") or "";
        Agency = is_set(Agency) and (sepc .. " " .. Agency) or "";
        
        if is_set(Volume) then
            if ( mw.ustring.len(Volume) > 4 )
              then Volume = sepc .." " .. Volume;
              else Volume = " <b>" .. hyphentodash(Volume) .. "</b>";
            end
        end
        
        ------------------------------------ totally unrelated data
        --[[ Loosely mimic {{subscription required}} template; Via parameter identifies a delivery source that is not the publisher; these sources often, but not always, exist
        behind a registration or paywall.  So here, we've chosen to decouple via from subscription (via has never been part of the registration required template).
        
        Subscription implies paywall; Registration does not.  If both are used in a citation, the subscription required link note is displayed. There are no error messages for this condition.
        ]]
        if is_set(Via) then
            Via = " " .. wrap( 'via', Via );
        end
    
    	if is_set(SubscriptionRequired) then
            SubscriptionRequired = sepc .. " " .. cfg.messages['subscription']; --here when 'via' parameter not used but 'subscription' is
        elseif is_set(RegistrationRequired) then
            SubscriptionRequired = sepc .. " " .. cfg.messages['registration']; --here when 'via' and 'subscription' parameters not used but 'registration' is
        end
    
        if is_set(AccessDate) then
            local retrv_text = " " .. cfg.messages['retrieved']
            if (sepc ~= ".") then retrv_text = retrv_text:lower() end
            AccessDate = '<span class="reference-accessdate">' .. sepc
                .. substitute( retrv_text, {AccessDate} ) .. '</span>'
        end
        
        if is_set(ID) then ID = sepc .." ".. ID; end
       	if "thesis" == config.CitationClass and is_set(Docket) then
    		ID = sepc .." Docket ".. Docket .. ID;
    	end
    
        
        ID_list = buildidlist( ID_list, {DoiBroken = DoiBroken, ASINTLD = ASINTLD, IgnoreISBN = IgnoreISBN, Embargo=Embargo} );
    
        if is_set(URL) then
            URL = " " .. externallink( URL, nil, URLorigin );
        end
    
        if is_set(Quote) then
            if Quote:sub(1,1) == '"' and Quote:sub(-1,-1) == '"' then
                Quote = Quote:sub(2,-2);
            end
            Quote = sepc .." " .. wrap( 'quoted-text', Quote ); 
            PostScript = "";
        elseif PostScript:lower() == "none" then
            PostScript = "";
        end
        
        local Archived
        if is_set(ArchiveURL) then
            if not is_set(ArchiveDate) then
                ArchiveDate = seterror('archive_missing_date');
            end
            if "no" == DeadURL then
                local arch_text = cfg.messages['archived'];
                if sepc ~= "." then arch_text = arch_text:lower() end
                Archived = sepc .. " " .. substitute( cfg.messages['archived-not-dead'],
                    { externallink( ArchiveURL, arch_text ), ArchiveDate } );
                if not is_set(OriginalURL) then
                    Archived = Archived .. " " .. seterror('archive_missing_url');                               
                end
            elseif is_set(OriginalURL) then
                local arch_text = cfg.messages['archived-dead'];
                if sepc ~= "." then arch_text = arch_text:lower() end
                Archived = sepc .. " " .. substitute( arch_text,
                    { externallink( OriginalURL, cfg.messages['original'] ), ArchiveDate } );
            else
                local arch_text = cfg.messages['archived-missing'];
                if sepc ~= "." then arch_text = arch_text:lower() end
                Archived = sepc .. " " .. substitute( arch_text, 
                    { seterror('archive_missing_url'), ArchiveDate } );
            end
        else
            Archived = ""
        end
        
        local Lay
        if is_set(LayURL) then
            if is_set(LayDate) then LayDate = " (" .. LayDate .. ")" end
            if is_set(LaySource) then 
                LaySource = " &ndash; ''" .. safeforitalics(LaySource) .. "''";
            else
                LaySource = "";
            end
            if sepc == '.' then
                Lay = sepc .. " " .. externallink( LayURL, cfg.messages['lay summary'] ) .. LaySource .. LayDate
            else
                Lay = sepc .. " " .. externallink( LayURL, cfg.messages['lay summary']:lower() ) .. LaySource .. LayDate
            end            
        else
            Lay = "";
        end
        
        if is_set(Transcript) then
            if is_set(TranscriptURL) then Transcript = externallink( TranscriptURL, Transcript ); end
        elseif is_set(TranscriptURL) then
            Transcript = externallink( TranscriptURL, nil, TranscriptURLorigin );
        end
        
        local Publisher;
        if is_set(Periodical) and
            not inArray(config.CitationClass, {"encyclopaedia","web","pressrelease","podcast"}) then
            if is_set(PublisherName) then
                if is_set(PublicationPlace) then
                    Publisher = PublicationPlace .. ": " .. PublisherName;
                else
                    Publisher = PublisherName;  
                end
            elseif is_set(PublicationPlace) then
                Publisher= PublicationPlace;
            else 
                Publisher = "";
            end
            if is_set(PublicationDate) then
                if is_set(Publisher) then
                    Publisher = Publisher .. ", " .. wrap( 'published', PublicationDate );
                else
                    Publisher = PublicationDate;
                end
            end
            if is_set(Publisher) then
                Publisher = " (" .. Publisher .. ")";
            end
        else
            if is_set(PublicationDate) then
                PublicationDate = " (" .. wrap( 'published', PublicationDate ) .. ")";
            end
            if is_set(PublisherName) then
                if is_set(PublicationPlace) then
                    Publisher = sepc .. " " .. PublicationPlace .. ": " .. PublisherName .. PublicationDate;
                else
                    Publisher = sepc .. " " .. PublisherName .. PublicationDate;  
                end            
            elseif is_set(PublicationPlace) then 
                Publisher= sepc .. " " .. PublicationPlace .. PublicationDate;
            else 
                Publisher = PublicationDate;
            end
        end
        
        -- Several of the above rely upon detecting this as nil, so do it last.
        if is_set(Periodical) then
            if is_set(Title) or is_set(TitleNote) then 
                Periodical = sepc .. " " .. wrap( 'italic-title', Periodical ) 
            else 
                Periodical = wrap( 'italic-title', Periodical )
            end
        end
    
    --[[
    Handle the oddity that is cite speech.  This code overrides whatever may be the value assigned to TitleNote (through |department=) and forces it to be " (Speech)" so that
    the annotation directly follows the |title= parameter value in the citation rather than the |event= parameter value (if provided).
    ]]
    	if "speech" == config.CitationClass then				-- cite speech only
    		TitleNote = " (Speech)";							-- annotate the citation
    		if is_set (Periodical) then							-- if Periodical, perhaps because of an included |website= or |journal= parameter 
    			if is_set (Conference) then						-- and if |event= is set
    				Conference = Conference .. sepc .. " ";		-- then add appropriate punctuation to the end of the Conference variable before rendering
    			end
    		end
    	end
    
        -- Piece all bits together at last.  Here, all should be non-nil.
        -- We build things this way because it is more efficient in LUA
        -- not to keep reassigning to the same string variable over and over.
    
        local tcommon
        if inArray(config.CitationClass, {"journal","citation"}) and is_set(Periodical) then
            if is_set(Others) then Others = Others .. sepc .. " " end
            tcommon = safejoin( {Others, Title, TitleNote, Conference, Periodical, Format, TitleType, Scale, Series, 
                Language, Cartography, Edition, Publisher, Agency, Volume, Issue}, sepc );
        else 
            tcommon = safejoin( {Title, TitleNote, Conference, Periodical, Format, TitleType, Scale, Series, Language, 
                Volume, Issue, Others, Cartography, Edition, Publisher, Agency}, sepc );
        end
        
        if #ID_list > 0 then
            ID_list = safejoin( { sepc .. " ",  table.concat( ID_list, sepc .. " " ), ID }, sepc );
        else
            ID_list = ID;
        end
        
        local idcommon = safejoin( { ID_list, URL, Archived, AccessDate, Via, SubscriptionRequired, Lay, Quote }, sepc );
        local text;
        local pgtext = Position .. Page .. Pages .. At;
        
        if is_set(Authors) then
            if is_set(Coauthors) then
                Authors = Authors .. A['AuthorSeparator'] .. " " .. Coauthors
            end
            if is_set(Date) then
                Date = " ("..Date..")" .. OrigYear .. sepc .. " "
            elseif string.sub(Authors,-1,-1) == sepc then
                Authors = Authors .. " "
            else
                Authors = Authors .. sepc .. " "
            end
            if is_set(Editors) then
                local in_text = " ";
                local post_text = "";
                if is_set(Chapter) then
                    in_text = in_text .. cfg.messages['in'] .. " "
                else
                    if EditorCount <= 1 then
                        post_text = ", " .. cfg.messages['editor'];
                    else
                        post_text = ", " .. cfg.messages['editors'];
                    end
                end 
                if (sepc ~= '.') then in_text = in_text:lower() end
                Editors = in_text .. Editors .. post_text;
                if (string.sub(Editors,-1,-1) == sepc)
                    then Editors = Editors .. " "
                    else Editors = Editors .. sepc .. " "
                end
            end
            text = safejoin( {Authors, Date, Chapter, Place, Editors, tcommon }, sepc );
            text = safejoin( {text, pgtext, idcommon}, sepc );
        elseif is_set(Editors) then
            if is_set(Date) then
                if EditorCount <= 1 then
                    Editors = Editors .. ", " .. cfg.messages['editor'];
                else
                    Editors = Editors .. ", " .. cfg.messages['editors'];
                end
                Date = " (" .. Date ..")" .. OrigYear .. sepc .. " "
            else
                if EditorCount <= 1 then
                    Editors = Editors .. " (" .. cfg.messages['editor'] .. ")" .. sepc .. " "
                else
                    Editors = Editors .. " (" .. cfg.messages['editors'] .. ")" .. sepc .. " "
                end
            end
            text = safejoin( {Editors, Date, Chapter, Place, tcommon}, sepc );
            text = safejoin( {text, pgtext, idcommon}, sepc );
        else
            if is_set(Date) then
                if ( string.sub(tcommon,-1,-1) ~= sepc )
                  then Date = sepc .." " .. Date .. OrigYear
                  else Date = " " .. Date .. OrigYear
                end
            end
            if config.CitationClass=="journal" and is_set(Periodical) then
                text = safejoin( {Chapter, Place, tcommon}, sepc );
                text = safejoin( {text, pgtext, Date, idcommon}, sepc );
            else
                text = safejoin( {Chapter, Place, tcommon, Date}, sepc );
                text = safejoin( {text, pgtext, idcommon}, sepc );
            end
        end
        
        if is_set(PostScript) and PostScript ~= sepc then
            text = safejoin( {text, sepc}, sepc );  --Deals with italics, spaces, etc.
            text = text:sub(1,-2); --Remove final seperator    
        end    
        
        text = safejoin( {text, PostScript}, sepc );
    
        -- Now enclose the whole thing in a <span/> element
        local options = {};
        
        if is_set(config.CitationClass) and config.CitationClass ~= "citation" then
            options.class = "citation " .. config.CitationClass;
        else
            options.class = "citation";
        end
        
        if is_set(Ref) and Ref:lower() ~= "none" then
            local id = Ref
            if ( "harv" == Ref ) then
                local names = {} --table of last names & year
                if #a > 0 then
                    for i,v in ipairs(a) do 
                        names[i] = v.last 
                        if i == 4 then break end
                    end
                elseif #e > 0 then
                    for i,v in ipairs(e) do 
                        names[i] = v.last 
                        if i == 4 then break end                
                    end
                end
    			names[ #names + 1 ] = first_set(Year, anchor_year);	-- Year first for legacy citations
                id = anchorid(names)
            end
            options.id = id;
        end
        
        if string.len(text:gsub("<span[^>/]*>.-</span>", ""):gsub("%b<>","")) <= 2 then
            z.error_categories = {};
            text = seterror('empty_citation');
            z.message_tail = {};
        end
        
        if is_set(options.id) then 
            text = '<span id="' .. mw.uri.anchorEncode(options.id) ..'" class="' .. mw.text.nowiki(options.class) .. '">' .. text .. "</span>";
        else
            text = '<span class="' .. mw.text.nowiki(options.class) .. '">' .. text .. "</span>";
        end        
    
        local empty_span = '<span style="display:none;">&nbsp;</span>';
        
        -- Note: Using display: none on then COinS span breaks some clients.
        local OCinS = '<span title="' .. OCinSoutput .. '" class="Z3988">' .. empty_span .. '</span>';
        text = text .. OCinS;
        
        if #z.message_tail ~= 0 then
            text = text .. " ";
            for i,v in ipairs( z.message_tail ) do
                if is_set(v[1]) then
                    if i == #z.message_tail then
                        text = text .. errorcomment( v[1], v[2] );
                    else
                        text = text .. errorcomment( v[1] .. "; ", v[2] );
                    end
                end
            end
        end
        
        no_tracking_cats = no_tracking_cats:lower();
        if inArray(no_tracking_cats, {"", "no", "false", "n"}) then
            for _, v in ipairs( z.error_categories ) do
                text = text .. '[[Category:' .. v ..']]';
            end
        end
        
        return text
    end
    
    -- This is used by templates such as {{cite book}} to create the actual citation text.
    function z.citation(frame)
        local pframe = frame:getParent()
        
        local args = {};
        local suggestions = {};
        local error_text, error_state;
    
        local config = {};
        for k, v in pairs( frame.args ) do
            config[k] = v;
            args[k] = v;       
        end    
    
        for k, v in pairs( pframe.args ) do
            if v ~= '' then
                if not validate( k ) then            
                    error_text = "";
                    if type( k ) ~= 'string' then
                        -- Exclude empty numbered parameters
                        if v:match("%S+") ~= nil then
                            error_text, error_state = seterror( 'text_ignored', {v}, true );
                        end
                    elseif validate( k:lower() ) then 
                        error_text, error_state = seterror( 'parameter_ignored_suggest', {k, k:lower()}, true );
                    else
                        if #suggestions == 0 then
                            suggestions = mw.loadData( 'Module:Citation/CS1/Suggestions' );
                        end
                        if suggestions[ k:lower() ] ~= nil then
                            error_text, error_state = seterror( 'parameter_ignored_suggest', {k, suggestions[ k:lower() ]}, true );
                        else
                            error_text, error_state = seterror( 'parameter_ignored', {k}, true );
                        end
                    end                  
                    if error_text ~= '' then
                        table.insert( z.message_tail, {error_text, error_state} );
                    end                
                end
                args[k] = v;
            elseif args[k] ~= nil or (k == 'postscript') then
                args[k] = v;
            end        
        end    
        
        return citation0( config, args)
    end
    
    return z