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As explained in the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties|manual page for Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties]], the order of properties in a Wikibase item is determined by parsing the `MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties` page with the regular expression ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:)?(P\d+\b) ``` This matches rows with the plain property name or starting with a link, like: ``` * P7 * [[Property:P8]] ``` I propose to modify the regex so it can match templates as well: ``` * P7 * [[Property:P8]] * {{NiceTemplate|P8}} ``` This would allow the creation of a standard template to present the properties in a more readable and / or more detailed way to the user, still preserving the functionality of the page. The proposed regex is: ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:)?(?:{{.*|)?(P\d+\b) ```

== Preamble == As explained in the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties|manual page for Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties]], the order of properties in a Wikibase item is determined by parsing the `MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties` page ([[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]]). Note that the page is just something like this: ``` * P7 * [[Property:P8]] ``` And the properties are actually parsed using this regular expression: ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:)?(P\d+\b) ``` That matches rows with the plain property name or starting with a link. == Problem == As you can see the list of properties ([[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]]) it is quite spartan and difficult to navigate / verify. == Proposed solution == I propose to modify the regex so it can match templates as well: ``` * P7 * [[Property:P8]] * {{NiceTemplate|P8}} ``` This would allow the creation of a standard template to present the properties in a more readable and / or more detailed way to the user, still preserving the functionality of the page. The proposed regex is: ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:)?(?:{{.*|)?(P\d+\b) ``` You can test this regex with your favorite regex debugger over the [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]].

== Preamble == As explained in the [[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties|manual page for Interface/Wikibase-SortedProperties]], the order of properties in a Wikibase item is determined by parsing the `MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties` page with the regular expression ([[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]]). Note that the page is just something like this: ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?* P7 * [[Property:)?(P\d+\b)P8]] ``` This matches rows with the plain property name or starting with a link, like:And the properties are actually parsed using this regular expression: ``` * P7 * [[^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:P8]])?(P\d+\b) ``` That matches rows with the plain property name or starting with a link. == Problem == As you can see the list of properties ([[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]]) it is quite spartan and difficult to navigate / verify. == Proposed solution == I propose to modify the regex so it can match templates as well: ``` * P7 * [[Property:P8]] * {{NiceTemplate|P8}} ``` This would allow the creation of a standard template to present the properties in a more readable and / or more detailed way to the user, still preserving the functionality of the page. The proposed regex is: ``` ^[*#]+\h*(?:\[\[(?:d:)?Property:)?(?:{{.*|)?(P\d+\b) ``` You can test this regex with your favorite regex debugger over the [[ https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Wikibase-SortedProperties | live example on Wikidata ]].