Because I just want to be able to insert a given text anywhere in the
article, not inserting a ref or replacing an existing <ref> by a #tag...

The text is taken from a configuration file, so I have to keep the
variables (CURRENTMONTHNAME, ...) in the configuration file.

On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 2:28 PM, billinghurst <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Why not just make <ref> a tag ...
>
> {{subst:#tag:ref|{{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}  OR
> {{#tag:ref|{{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}}}
>
> Regards, Billinghurst
>
>
>    1. How to expand only {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}}
>>       (Nicolas Vervelle)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Nicolas Vervelle <[email protected]>
>> To: List - MediawikiAPI <[email protected]>
>> Cc:
>> Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 13:09:51 +0200
>> Subject: [Mediawiki-api] How to expand only {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}}
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it possible through the API to give it some wikitext and get in return
>> the same wikitext where {{subst:}} and {{safesubst:}} have been replaced,
>> as they would be when saving an edit ?
>>
>> In WPCleaner <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WPCleaner>, I want
>> to be able to insert things like current date, so I'm currently inserting
>> things like {{safesubst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} but as they don't work inside
>> <ref> tags, I'd prefer to expand then myself rather than relying on the
>> action=edit to do it.
>>
>> Nico
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