Module:News/latest

Finds the newest listed issue of the newspaper and returns a piece of it. Used by Template:News/latest by the nameplates and links row. Do not ever invoke this module for anything else if you don't know what you are doing.

Usage

{{News/latest|<part>}}

part	returns
page	The newest issue's page title
number	Its number,, as "No. x"
date	Its date, in the short format from config
line	the latest label from config, e.g. "Latest: No 2, November 15, 2026"

Notes

Newest listed will skip drafts and embargoed issues and there is no override.

---

local p = {}

local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
local News = require('Module:News')
local cfg = News.cfg

local function part(state, what, latest, list)
	if what == 'link' then
		if latest == nil then return '' end
		return News.link(latest.page, News.text(state, 'latestIssueLink'))
	end
	if what == 'count' then return tostring(#list) end
	if what == 'line' then
		if latest == nil then return News.text(state, 'noIssues') end
		return News.text(state, 'latest', {
			number = News.numberText(state, latest),
			date = News.formatDate(News.need('shortDateFormat'), latest.date),
		})
	end
	if what ~= 'page' and what ~= 'number' and what ~= 'date' then
		return News.errorText(state, 'unknownPart', { value = tostring(what) })
	end
	if latest == nil then return '' end
	if what == 'page' then return latest.page end
	if what == 'number' then return News.numberText(state, latest) end
	return News.formatDate(News.need('shortDateFormat'), latest.date)
end

function p.main(frame)
	local args = getArgs(frame, { wrappers = cfg.wrappers })
	local state = News.newState()
	local list = News.listed(News.today(frame))
	local what = args[1]
	local output = part(state, what, list[1], list)
	if not state.hasError and (what == 'page' or what == 'number' or what == 'date' or what == 'count') then
		return output
	end
	return News.finish(state, output)
end

return p