Module:Resolve category redirect
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local p = {} --Returns the target of {{Category redirect}}, if it exists, else returns the original cat. function rtarget( cat ) local catcontent = mw.title.new( cat or '', 'Category' ):getContent() if string.match( catcontent or '', '{{ *[Cc]at' ) then local regex = { --the following 11 pages (6 condensed) redirect to [[Template:Category redirect]], in descending order, as of 9/2022: '{{ *[Cc]ate?g?o?r?y?[ _]*[rR]edirect', --505+312+243+1 transclusions '{{ *[Cc]atr', --21 '{{ *[Cc]at[ _]*[rR]edir', --5+3 '{{ *[Cc]at[ _]*[rR]ed', --3+2 '{{ *[Cc]at[ _]*[mM]ove', --1 '{{ *[Cc]ategory[ _]*[mM]ove', --0 } for _, v in pairs (regex) do local rtarget = mw.ustring.match( catcontent, v..'%s*|%s*([^|}]+)' ) if rtarget then rtarget = mw.ustring.gsub(rtarget, '^1%s*=%s*', '') rtarget = string.gsub(rtarget, '^[Cc]ategory:', '') return rtarget end end end return cat end function p.main( frame ) local args = frame:getParent().args local cat = args[1] if (cat == '') or (cat == nil) then return '' end return rtarget( cat ) end return p