Module:News/archive

This module lists every released Soy Chronicle issue for the Archives, newest first, grouped by month. Everything comes from the issue records in Module:News/data. This requires no manual handling.

Usage

Do not invoke it directly. Call it through {{News/archive}}, on its own line:

{{News/archive}}

It takes no parameters.

Output

For each month that has an issue, a level-3 heading such as === November 2026 ===, then, one paragraph per issue:

'''No. 3''' · November 29, 2026 · [[Soyjak Wiki:The Soy Chronicle/2026-11-29|Another edition]]
Short description of the issue.

keep in mind that:

• Only listed issues appear. Drafts and embargoed issues are left out until their release date. If the entry hasn't appeared yet, purge the cache of the page.
• The headings show in the table of contents, and links such as #November 2026 work. They however have no "edit" links, since they are generated.
• The title and summary are shown as plain text. A missing title is replaced by the number and date; a missing title or summary shows an error and adds the page to Category:Newspaper pages with errors.
• With no released issues, it shows "No issues yet."

Settings

In Module:News/config:

• archiveMonthFormat: the heading format.
• shortDateFormat: the entry date.
• The archiveEntry and archiveEmpty labels: the entry line and the empty message.

---

local p = {}

local News = require('Module:News')

local function entry(state, issue)
	local rec = issue.rec
	local number = News.numberText(state, issue)
	local date = News.formatDate(News.need('shortDateFormat'), issue.date)
	local title, problem = nil, ''
	if rec.title then
		title = mw.text.nowiki(rec.title)
	else
		title = number .. ', ' .. date
		problem = ' ' .. News.errorText(state, 'missingField', { id = issue.id, field = 'title' })
	end
	local line = News.text(
		state,
		'archiveEntry',
		{ number = number, date = date, title = News.link(issue.page, title) }
	) .. problem
	if rec.summary then return line .. '<br>' .. mw.text.nowiki(rec.summary) end
	return line .. ' ' .. News.errorText(state, 'missingField', { id = issue.id, field = 'summary' })
end

function p.main(frame)
	local state = News.newState()
	local out, month = {}, nil
	for _, issue in ipairs(News.listed(News.today(frame))) do
		local key = issue.date:sub(1, 7)
		if key ~= month then
			month = key
			table.insert(out, '=== ' .. News.formatDate(News.need('archiveMonthFormat'), issue.date) .. ' ===')
		end
		table.insert(out, entry(state, issue))
	end
	if #out == 0 then return News.finish(state, News.text(state, 'archiveEmpty')) end
	return News.finish(state, table.concat(out, '\n\n'))
end

return p