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    Documentation for this module may be created at Module:Wd/doc

    -- Original module located at [[:en:Module:Wd]] and [[:en:Module:Wd/i18n]].
    
    require("strict")
    local p = {}
    local arg = ...
    local i18n
    
    local function loadI18n(aliasesP, frame)
    	local title
    
    	if frame then
    		-- current module invoked by page/template, get its title from frame
    		title = frame:getTitle()
    	else
    		-- current module included by other module, get its title from ...
    		title = arg
    	end
    
    	if not i18n then
    		i18n = require(title .. "/i18n").init(aliasesP)
    	end
    end
    
    p.claimCommands = {
    	property   = "property",
    	properties = "properties",
    	qualifier  = "qualifier",
    	qualifiers = "qualifiers",
    	reference  = "reference",
    	references = "references"
    }
    
    p.generalCommands = {
    	label       = "label",
    	title       = "title",
    	description = "description",
    	alias       = "alias",
    	aliases     = "aliases",
    	badge       = "badge",
    	badges      = "badges"
    }
    
    p.flags = {
    	linked        = "linked",
    	short         = "short",
    	raw           = "raw",
    	multilanguage = "multilanguage",
    	unit          = "unit",
    	-------------
    	preferred     = "preferred",
    	normal        = "normal",
    	deprecated    = "deprecated",
    	best          = "best",
    	future        = "future",
    	current       = "current",
    	former        = "former",
    	edit          = "edit",
    	editAtEnd     = "edit@end",
    	mdy           = "mdy",
    	single        = "single",
    	sourced       = "sourced"
    }
    
    p.args = {
    	eid  = "eid",
    	page = "page",
    	date = "date"
    }
    
    local aliasesP = {
    	coord                   = "P625",
    	-----------------------
    	image                   = "P18",
    	author                  = "P50",
    	authorNameString        = "P2093",
    	publisher               = "P123",
    	importedFrom            = "P143",
    	wikimediaImportURL      = "P4656",
    	statedIn                = "P248",
    	pages                   = "P304",
    	language                = "P407",
    	hasPart                 = "P527",
    	publicationDate         = "P577",
    	startTime               = "P580",
    	endTime                 = "P582",
    	chapter                 = "P792",
    	retrieved               = "P813",
    	referenceURL            = "P854",
    	sectionVerseOrParagraph = "P958",
    	archiveURL              = "P1065",
    	title                   = "P1476",
    	formatterURL            = "P1630",
    	quote                   = "P1683",
    	shortName               = "P1813",
    	definingFormula         = "P2534",
    	archiveDate             = "P2960",
    	inferredFrom            = "P3452",
    	typeOfReference         = "P3865",
    	column                  = "P3903",
    	subjectNamedAs          = "P1810",
    	wikidataProperty        = "P1687",
    	publishedIn             = "P1433"
    }
    
    local aliasesQ = {
    	percentage              = "Q11229",
    	prolepticJulianCalendar = "Q1985786",
    	citeWeb                 = "Q5637226",
    	citeQ                   = "Q22321052"
    }
    
    local parameters = {
    	property  = "%p",
    	qualifier = "%q",
    	reference = "%r",
    	alias     = "%a",
    	badge     = "%b",
    	separator = "%s",
    	general   = "%x"
    }
    
    local formats = {
    	property              = "%p[%s][%r]",
    	qualifier             = "%q[%s][%r]",
    	reference             = "%r",
    	propertyWithQualifier = "%p[ <span style=\"font-size:85\\%\">(%q)</span>][%s][%r]",
    	alias                 = "%a[%s]",
    	badge                 = "%b[%s]"
    }
    
    local hookNames = {              -- {level_1, level_2}
    	[parameters.property]         = {"getProperty"},
    	[parameters.reference]        = {"getReferences", "getReference"},
    	[parameters.qualifier]        = {"getAllQualifiers"},
    	[parameters.qualifier.."\\d"] = {"getQualifiers", "getQualifier"},
    	[parameters.alias]            = {"getAlias"},
    	[parameters.badge]            = {"getBadge"}
    }
    
    -- default value objects, should NOT be mutated but instead copied
    local defaultSeparators = {
    	["sep"]      = {" "},
    	["sep%s"]    = {","},
    	["sep%q"]    = {"; "},
    	["sep%q\\d"] = {", "},
    	["sep%r"]    = nil,  -- none
    	["punc"]     = nil   -- none
    }
    
    local rankTable = {
    	["preferred"]  = 1,
    	["normal"]     = 2,
    	["deprecated"] = 3
    }
    
    local function replaceAlias(id)
    	if aliasesP[id] then
    		id = aliasesP[id]
    	end
    
    	return id
    end
    
    local function errorText(code, param)
    	local text = i18n["errors"][code]
    	if param then text = mw.ustring.gsub(text, "$1", param) end
    	return text
    end
    
    local function throwError(errorMessage, param)
    	error(errorText(errorMessage, param))
    end
    
    local function replaceDecimalMark(num)
    	return mw.ustring.gsub(num, "[.]", i18n['numeric']['decimal-mark'], 1)
    end
    
    local function padZeros(num, numDigits)
    	local numZeros
    	local negative = false
    
    	if num < 0 then
    		negative = true
    		num = num * -1
    	end
    
    	num = tostring(num)
    	numZeros = numDigits - num:len()
    
    	for _ = 1, numZeros do
    		num = "0"..num
    	end
    
    	if negative then
    		num = "-"..num
    	end
    
    	return num
    end
    
    local function replaceSpecialChar(chr)
    	if chr == '_' then
    		-- replace underscores with spaces
    		return ' '
    	else
    		return chr
    	end
    end
    
    local function replaceSpecialChars(str)
    	local chr
    	local esc = false
    	local strOut = ""
    
    	for i = 1, #str do
    		chr = str:sub(i,i)
    
    		if not esc then
    			if chr == '\\' then
    				esc = true
    			else
    				strOut = strOut .. replaceSpecialChar(chr)
    			end
    		else
    			strOut = strOut .. chr
    			esc = false
    		end
    	end
    
    	return strOut
    end
    
    local function buildWikilink(target, label)
    	if not label or target == label then
    		return "[[" .. target .. "]]"
    	else
    		return "[[" .. target .. "|" .. label .. "]]"
    	end
    end
    
    -- used to make frame.args mutable, to replace #frame.args (which is always 0)
    -- with the actual amount and to simply copy tables
    local function copyTable(tIn)
    	if not tIn then
    		return nil
    	end
    
    	local tOut = {}
    
    	for i, v in pairs(tIn) do
    		tOut[i] = v
    	end
    
    	return tOut
    end
    
    -- used to merge output arrays together;
    -- note that it currently mutates the first input array
    local function mergeArrays(a1, a2)
    	for i = 1, #a2 do
    		a1[#a1 + 1] = a2[i]
    	end
    
    	return a1
    end
    
    local function split(str, del)
    	local out = {}
    	local i, j = str:find(del)
    
    	if i and j then
    		out[1] = str:sub(1, i - 1)
    		out[2] = str:sub(j + 1)
    	else
    		out[1] = str
    	end
    
    	return out
    end
    
    local function parseWikidataURL(url)
    	local id
    
    	if url:match('^http[s]?://') then
    		id = split(url, "Q")
    
    		if id[2] then
    			return "Q" .. id[2]
    		end
    	end
    
    	return nil
    end
    
    local function parseDate(dateStr, precision)
    	precision = precision or "d"
    
    	local i, j, index, ptr
    	local parts = {nil, nil, nil}
    
    	if dateStr == nil then
    		return parts[1], parts[2], parts[3]  -- year, month, day
    	end
    
    	-- 'T' for snak values, '/' for outputs with '/Julian' attached
    	i, j = dateStr:find("[T/]")
    
    	if i then
    		dateStr = dateStr:sub(1, i-1)
    	end
    
    	local from = 1
    
    	if dateStr:sub(1,1) == "-" then
    		-- this is a negative number, look further ahead
    		from = 2
    	end
    
    	index = 1
    	ptr = 1
    
    	i, j = dateStr:find("-", from)
    
    	if i then
    		-- year
    		parts[index] = tonumber(dateStr:sub(ptr, i-1), 10)  -- explicitly give base 10 to prevent error
    
    		if parts[index] == -0 then
    			parts[index] = tonumber("0")  -- for some reason, 'parts[index] = 0' may actually store '-0', so parse from string instead
    		end
    
    		if precision == "y" then
    			-- we're done
    			return parts[1], parts[2], parts[3]  -- year, month, day
    		end
    
    		index = index + 1
    		ptr = i + 1
    
    		i, j = dateStr:find("-", ptr)
    
    		if i then
    			-- month
    			parts[index] = tonumber(dateStr:sub(ptr, i-1), 10)
    
    			if precision == "m" then
    				-- we're done
    				return parts[1], parts[2], parts[3]  -- year, month, day
    			end
    
    			index = index + 1
    			ptr = i + 1
    		end
    	end
    
    	if dateStr:sub(ptr) ~= "" then
    		-- day if we have month, month if we have year, or year
    		parts[index] = tonumber(dateStr:sub(ptr), 10)
    	end
    
    	return parts[1], parts[2], parts[3]  -- year, month, day
    end
    
    local function datePrecedesDate(aY, aM, aD, bY, bM, bD)
    	if aY == nil or bY == nil then
    		return nil
    	end
    	aM = aM or 1
    	aD = aD or 1
    	bM = bM or 1
    	bD = bD or 1
    
    	if aY < bY then
    		return true
    	end
    
    	if aY > bY then
    		return false
    	end
    
    	if aM < bM then
    		return true
    	end
    
    	if aM > bM then
    		return false
    	end
    
    	if aD < bD then
    		return true
    	end
    
    	return false
    end
    
    local function getHookName(param, index)
    	if hookNames[param] then
    		return hookNames[param][index]
    	elseif param:len() > 2 then
    		return hookNames[param:sub(1, 2).."\\d"][index]
    	else
    		return nil
    	end
    end
    
    local function alwaysTrue()
    	return true
    end
    
    -- The following function parses a format string.
    --
    -- The example below shows how a parsed string is structured in memory.
    -- Variables other than 'str' and 'child' are left out for clarity's sake.
    --
    -- Example:
    -- "A %p B [%s[%q1]] C [%r] D"
    --
    -- Structure:
    -- [
    --   {
    --     str = "A "
    --   },
    --   {
    --     str = "%p"
    --   },
    --   {
    --     str = " B ",
    --     child =
    --     [
    --       {
    --         str = "%s",
    --         child =
    --         [
    --           {
    --             str = "%q1"
    --           }
    --         ]
    --       }
    --     ]
    --   },
    --   {
    --     str = " C ",
    --     child =
    --     [
    --       {
    --         str = "%r"
    --       }
    --     ]
    --   },
    --   {
    --     str = " D"
    --   }
    -- ]
    --
    local function parseFormat(str)
    	local chr, esc, param, root, cur, prev, new
    	local params = {}
    
    	local function newObject(array)
    		local obj = {}  -- new object
    		obj.str = ""
    
    		array[#array + 1] = obj  -- array{object}
    		obj.parent = array
    
    		return obj
    	end
    
    	local function endParam()
    		if param > 0 then
    			if cur.str ~= "" then
    				cur.str = "%"..cur.str
    				cur.param = true
    				params[cur.str] = true
    				cur.parent.req[cur.str] = true
    				prev = cur
    				cur = newObject(cur.parent)
    			end
    			param = 0
    		end
    	end
    
    	root = {}  -- array
    	root.req = {}
    	cur = newObject(root)
    	prev = nil
    
    	esc = false
    	param = 0
    
    	for i = 1, #str do
    		chr = str:sub(i,i)
    
    		if not esc then
    			if chr == '\\' then
    				endParam()
    				esc = true
    			elseif chr == '%' then
    				endParam()
    				if cur.str ~= "" then
    					cur = newObject(cur.parent)
    				end
    				param = 2
    			elseif chr == '[' then
    				endParam()
    				if prev and cur.str == "" then
    					table.remove(cur.parent)
    					cur = prev
    				end
    				cur.child = {}  -- new array
    				cur.child.req = {}
    				cur.child.parent = cur
    				cur = newObject(cur.child)
    			elseif chr == ']' then
    				endParam()
    				if cur.parent.parent then
    					new = newObject(cur.parent.parent.parent)
    					if cur.str == "" then
    						table.remove(cur.parent)
    					end
    					cur = new
    				end
    			else
    				if param > 1 then
    					param = param - 1
    				elseif param == 1 then
    					if not chr:match('%d') then
    						endParam()
    					end
    				end
    
    				cur.str = cur.str .. replaceSpecialChar(chr)
    			end
    		else
    			cur.str = cur.str .. chr
    			esc = false
    		end
    
    		prev = nil
    	end
    
    	endParam()
    
    	-- make sure that at least one required parameter has been defined
    	if not next(root.req) then
    		throwError("missing-required-parameter")
    	end
    
    	-- make sure that the separator parameter "%s" is not amongst the required parameters
    	if root.req[parameters.separator] then
    		throwError("extra-required-parameter", parameters.separator)
    	end
    
    	return root, params
    end
    
    local function sortOnRank(claims)
    	local rankPos
    	local ranks = {{}, {}, {}, {}}  -- preferred, normal, deprecated, (default)
    	local sorted = {}
    
    	for _, v in ipairs(claims) do
    		rankPos = rankTable[v.rank] or 4
    		ranks[rankPos][#ranks[rankPos] + 1] = v
    	end
    
    	sorted = ranks[1]
    	sorted = mergeArrays(sorted, ranks[2])
    	sorted = mergeArrays(sorted, ranks[3])
    
    	return sorted
    end
    
    local Config = {}
    
    -- allows for recursive calls
    function Config:new()
    	local cfg = {}
    	setmetatable(cfg, self)
    	self.__index = self
    
    	cfg.separators = {
    		-- single value objects wrapped in arrays so that we can pass by reference
    		["sep"]   = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["sep"])},
    		["sep%s"] = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["sep%s"])},
    		["sep%q"] = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["sep%q"])},
    		["sep%r"] = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["sep%r"])},
    		["punc"]  = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["punc"])}
    	}
    
    	cfg.entity = nil
    	cfg.entityID = nil
    	cfg.propertyID = nil
    	cfg.propertyValue = nil
    	cfg.qualifierIDs = {}
    	cfg.qualifierIDsAndValues = {}
    
    	cfg.bestRank = true
    	cfg.ranks = {true, true, false}  -- preferred = true, normal = true, deprecated = false
    	cfg.foundRank = #cfg.ranks
    	cfg.flagBest = false
    	cfg.flagRank = false
    
    	cfg.periods = {true, true, true}  -- future = true, current = true, former = true
    	cfg.flagPeriod = false
    	cfg.atDate = {parseDate(os.date('!%Y-%m-%d'))}  -- today as {year, month, day}
    
    	cfg.mdyDate = false
    	cfg.singleClaim = false
    	cfg.sourcedOnly = false
    	cfg.editable = false
    	cfg.editAtEnd = false
    
    	cfg.inSitelinks = false
    
    	cfg.langCode = mw.language.getContentLanguage().code
    	cfg.langName = mw.language.fetchLanguageName(cfg.langCode, cfg.langCode)
    	cfg.langObj = mw.language.new(cfg.langCode)
    
    	cfg.siteID = mw.wikibase.getGlobalSiteId()
    
    	cfg.states = {}
    	cfg.states.qualifiersCount = 0
    	cfg.curState = nil
    
    	cfg.prefetchedRefs = nil
    
    	return cfg
    end
    
    local State = {}
    
    function State:new(cfg, type)
    	local stt = {}
    	setmetatable(stt, self)
    	self.__index = self
    
    	stt.conf = cfg
    	stt.type = type
    
    	stt.results = {}
    
    	stt.parsedFormat = {}
    	stt.separator = {}
    	stt.movSeparator = {}
    	stt.puncMark = {}
    
    	stt.linked = false
    	stt.rawValue = false
    	stt.shortName = false
    	stt.anyLanguage = false
    	stt.unitOnly = false
    	stt.singleValue = false
    
    	return stt
    end
    
    -- if id == nil then item connected to current page is used
    function Config:getLabel(id, raw, link, short)
    	local label = nil
    	local prefix, title= "", nil
    
    	if not id then
    		id = mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForCurrentPage()
    
    		if not id then
    			return ""
    		end
    	end
    
    	id = id:upper()  -- just to be sure
    
    	if raw then
    		-- check if given id actually exists
    		if mw.wikibase.isValidEntityId(id) and mw.wikibase.entityExists(id) then
    			label = id
    		end
    
    		prefix, title = "d:Special:EntityPage/", label -- may be nil
    	else
    		-- try short name first if requested
    		if short then
    			label = p._property{aliasesP.shortName, [p.args.eid] = id}  -- get short name
    
    			if label == "" then
    				label = nil
    			end
    		end
    
    		-- get label
    		if not label then
    			label = mw.wikibase.getLabelByLang(id, self.langCode) -- XXX: should use fallback labels?
    		end
    	end
    
    	if not label then
    		label = ""
    	elseif link then
    		-- build a link if requested
    		if not title then
    			if id:sub(1,1) == "Q" then
    				title = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(id)
    			elseif id:sub(1,1) == "P" then
    				-- properties have no sitelink, link to Wikidata instead
    				prefix, title = "d:Special:EntityPage/", id
    			end
    		end
    
    		label = mw.text.nowiki(label) -- escape raw label text so it cannot be wikitext markup
    		if title then
    			label = buildWikilink(prefix .. title, label)
    		end
    	end
    
    	return label
    end
    
    function Config:getEditIcon()
    	local value = ""
    	local prefix = ""
    	local front = "&nbsp;"
    	local back = ""
    
    	if self.entityID:sub(1,1) == "P" then
    		prefix = "Property:"
    	end
    
    	if self.editAtEnd then
    		front = '<span style="float:'
    
    		if self.langObj:isRTL() then
    			front = front .. 'left'
    		else
    			front = front .. 'right'
    		end
    
    		front = front .. '">'
    		back = '</span>'
    	end
    
    	value = "[[File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg|frameless|text-top|10px|alt=" .. i18n['info']['edit-on-wikidata'] .. "|link=https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/" .. prefix .. self.entityID .. "?uselang=" .. self.langCode
    
    	if self.propertyID then
    		value = value .. "#" .. self.propertyID
    	elseif self.inSitelinks then
    		value = value .. "#sitelinks-wikipedia"
    	end
    
    	value = value .. "|" .. i18n['info']['edit-on-wikidata'] .. "]]"
    
    	return front .. value .. back
    end
    
    -- used to create the final output string when it's all done, so that for references the
    -- function extensionTag("ref", ...) is only called when they really ended up in the final output
    function Config:concatValues(valuesArray)
    	local outString = ""
    	local j, skip
    
    	for i = 1, #valuesArray do
    		-- check if this is a reference
    		if valuesArray[i].refHash then
    			j = i - 1
    			skip = false
    
    			-- skip this reference if it is part of a continuous row of references that already contains the exact same reference
    			while valuesArray[j] and valuesArray[j].refHash do
    				if valuesArray[i].refHash == valuesArray[j].refHash then
    					skip = true
    					break
    				end
    				j = j - 1
    			end
    
    			if not skip then
    				-- add <ref> tag with the reference's hash as its name (to deduplicate references)
    				outString = outString .. mw.getCurrentFrame():extensionTag("ref", valuesArray[i][1], {name = valuesArray[i].refHash})
    			end
    		else
    			outString = outString .. valuesArray[i][1]
    		end
    	end
    
    	return outString
    end
    
    function Config:convertUnit(unit, raw, link, short, unitOnly)
    	local space = " "
    	local label = ""
    	local itemID
    
    	if unit == "" or unit == "1" then
    		return nil
    	end
    
    	if unitOnly then
    		space = ""
    	end
    
    	itemID = parseWikidataURL(unit)
    
    	if itemID then
    		if itemID == aliasesQ.percentage then
    			return "%"
    		else
    			label = self:getLabel(itemID, raw, link, short)
    
    			if label ~= "" then
    				return space .. label
    			end
    		end
    	end
    
    	return ""
    end
    
    function State:getValue(snak)
    	return self.conf:getValue(snak, self.rawValue, self.linked, self.shortName, self.anyLanguage, self.unitOnly, false, self.type:sub(1,2))
    end
    
    function Config:getValue(snak, raw, link, short, anyLang, unitOnly, noSpecial, type)
    	if snak.snaktype == 'value' then
    		local datatype = snak.datavalue.type
    		local subtype = snak.datatype
    		local datavalue = snak.datavalue.value
    
    		if datatype == 'string' then
    			if subtype == 'url' and link then
    				-- create link explicitly
    				if raw then
    					-- will render as a linked number like [1]
    					return "[" .. datavalue .. "]"
    				else
    					return "[" .. datavalue .. " " .. datavalue .. "]"
    				end
    			elseif subtype == 'commonsMedia' then
    				if link then
    					return buildWikilink("c:File:" .. datavalue, datavalue)
    				elseif not raw then
    					return "[[File:" .. datavalue .. "]]"
    				else
    					return datavalue
    				end
    			elseif subtype == 'geo-shape' and link then
    				return buildWikilink("c:" .. datavalue, datavalue)
    			elseif subtype == 'math' and not raw then
    				local attribute = nil
    
    				if (type == parameters.property or (type == parameters.qualifier and self.propertyID == aliasesP.hasPart)) and snak.property == aliasesP.definingFormula then
    					attribute = {qid = self.entityID}
    				end
    
    				return mw.getCurrentFrame():extensionTag("math", datavalue, attribute)
    			elseif subtype == 'external-id' and link then
    				local url = p._property{aliasesP.formatterURL, [p.args.eid] = snak.property}  -- get formatter URL
    
    				if url ~= "" then
    					url = mw.ustring.gsub(url, "$1", datavalue)
    					return "[" .. url .. " " .. datavalue .. "]"
    				else
    					return datavalue
    				end
    			else
    				return datavalue
    			end
    		elseif datatype == 'monolingualtext' then
    			if anyLang or datavalue['language'] == self.langCode then
    				return datavalue['text']
    			else
    				return nil
    			end
    		elseif datatype == 'quantity' then
    			local value = ""
    			local unit
    
    			if not unitOnly then
    				-- get value and strip + signs from front
    				value = mw.ustring.gsub(datavalue['amount'], "^%+(.+)$", "%1")
    
    				if raw then
    					return value
    				end
    
    				-- replace decimal mark based on locale
    				value = replaceDecimalMark(value)
    
    				-- add delimiters for readability
    				value = i18n.addDelimiters(value)
    			end
    
    			unit = self:convertUnit(datavalue['unit'], raw, link, short, unitOnly)
    
    			if unit then
    				value = value .. unit
    			end
    
    			return value
    		elseif datatype == 'time' then
    			local y, m, d, p, yDiv, yRound, yFull, value, calendarID, dateStr
    			local yFactor = 1
    			local sign = 1
    			local prefix = ""
    			local suffix = ""
    			local mayAddCalendar = false
    			local calendar = ""
    			local precision = datavalue['precision']
    
    			if precision == 11 then
    				p = "d"
    			elseif precision == 10 then
    				p = "m"
    			else
    				p = "y"
    				yFactor = 10^(9-precision)
    			end
    
    			y, m, d = parseDate(datavalue['time'], p)
    
    			if y < 0 then
    				sign = -1
    				y = y * sign
    			end
    
    			-- if precision is tens/hundreds/thousands/millions/billions of years
    			if precision <= 8 then
    				yDiv = y / yFactor
    
    				-- if precision is tens/hundreds/thousands of years
    				if precision >= 6 then
    					mayAddCalendar = true
    
    					if precision <= 7 then
    						-- round centuries/millenniums up (e.g. 20th century or 3rd millennium)
    						yRound = math.ceil(yDiv)
    
    						if not raw then
    							if precision == 6 then
    								suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['millennium']
    							else
    								suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['century']
    							end
    
    							suffix = i18n.getOrdinalSuffix(yRound) .. suffix
    						else
    							-- if not verbose, take the first year of the century/millennium
    							-- (e.g. 1901 for 20th century or 2001 for 3rd millennium)
    							yRound = (yRound - 1) * yFactor + 1
    						end
    					else
    						-- precision == 8
    						-- round decades down (e.g. 2010s)
    						yRound = math.floor(yDiv) * yFactor
    
    						if not raw then
    							prefix = i18n['datetime']['prefixes']['decade-period']
    							suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['decade-period']
    						end
    					end
    
    					if raw and sign < 0 then
    						-- if BCE then compensate for "counting backwards"
    						-- (e.g. -2019 for 2010s BCE, -2000 for 20th century BCE or -3000 for 3rd millennium BCE)
    						yRound = yRound + yFactor - 1
    					end
    				else
    					local yReFactor, yReDiv, yReRound
    
    					-- round to nearest for tens of thousands of years or more
    					yRound = math.floor(yDiv + 0.5)
    
    					if yRound == 0 then
    						if precision <= 2 and y ~= 0 then
    							yReFactor = 1e6
    							yReDiv = y / yReFactor
    							yReRound = math.floor(yReDiv + 0.5)
    
    							if yReDiv == yReRound then
    								-- change precision to millions of years only if we have a whole number of them
    								precision = 3
    								yFactor = yReFactor
    								yRound = yReRound
    							end
    						end
    
    						if yRound == 0 then
    							-- otherwise, take the unrounded (original) number of years
    							precision = 5
    							yFactor = 1
    							yRound = y
    							mayAddCalendar = true
    						end
    					end
    
    					if precision >= 1 and y ~= 0 then
    						yFull = yRound * yFactor
    
    						yReFactor = 1e9
    						yReDiv = yFull / yReFactor
    						yReRound = math.floor(yReDiv + 0.5)
    
    						if yReDiv == yReRound then
    							-- change precision to billions of years if we're in that range
    							precision = 0
    							yFactor = yReFactor
    							yRound = yReRound
    						else
    							yReFactor = 1e6
    							yReDiv = yFull / yReFactor
    							yReRound = math.floor(yReDiv + 0.5)
    
    							if yReDiv == yReRound then
    								-- change precision to millions of years if we're in that range
    								precision = 3
    								yFactor = yReFactor
    								yRound = yReRound
    							end
    						end
    					end
    
    					if not raw then
    						if precision == 3 then
    							suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['million-years']
    						elseif precision == 0 then
    							suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['billion-years']
    						else
    							yRound = yRound * yFactor
    							if yRound == 1 then
    								suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['year']
    							else
    								suffix = i18n['datetime']['suffixes']['years']
    							end
    						end
    					else
    						yRound = yRound * yFactor
    					end
    				end
    			else
    				yRound = y
    				mayAddCalendar = true
    			end
    
    			if mayAddCalendar then
    				calendarID = parseWikidataURL(datavalue['calendarmodel'])
    
    				if calendarID and calendarID == aliasesQ.prolepticJulianCalendar then
    					if not raw then
    						if link then
    							calendar = " ("..buildWikilink(i18n['datetime']['julian-calendar'], i18n['datetime']['julian'])..")"
    						else
    							calendar = " ("..i18n['datetime']['julian']..")"
    						end
    					else
    						calendar = "/"..i18n['datetime']['julian']
    					end
    				end
    			end
    
    			if not raw then
    				local ce = nil
    
    				if sign < 0 then
    					ce = i18n['datetime']['BCE']
    				elseif precision <= 5 then
    					ce = i18n['datetime']['CE']
    				end
    
    				if ce then
    					if link then
    						ce = buildWikilink(i18n['datetime']['common-era'], ce)
    					end
    					suffix = suffix .. " " .. ce
    				end
    
    				value = tostring(yRound)
    
    				if m then
    					dateStr = self.langObj:formatDate("F", "1-"..m.."-1")
    
    					if d then
    						if self.mdyDate then
    							dateStr = dateStr .. " " .. d .. ","
    						else
    							dateStr = d .. " " .. dateStr
    						end
    					end
    
    					value = dateStr .. " " .. value
    				end
    
    				value = prefix .. value .. suffix .. calendar
    			else
    				value = padZeros(yRound * sign, 4)
    
    				if m then
    					value = value .. "-" .. padZeros(m, 2)
    
    					if d then
    						value = value .. "-" .. padZeros(d, 2)
    					end
    				end
    
    				value = value .. calendar
    			end
    
    			return value
    		elseif datatype == 'globecoordinate' then
    			-- logic from https://github.com/DataValues/Geo (v4.0.1)
    
    			local precision, unitsPerDegree, numDigits, strFormat, value, globe
    			local latitude, latConv, latValue, latLink
    			local longitude, lonConv, lonValue, lonLink
    			local latDirection, latDirectionN, latDirectionS, latDirectionEN
    			local lonDirection, lonDirectionE, lonDirectionW, lonDirectionEN
    			local degSymbol, minSymbol, secSymbol, separator
    
    			local latDegrees = nil
    			local latMinutes = nil
    			local latSeconds = nil
    			local lonDegrees = nil
    			local lonMinutes = nil
    			local lonSeconds = nil
    
    			local latDegSym = ""
    			local latMinSym = ""
    			local latSecSym = ""
    			local lonDegSym = ""
    			local lonMinSym = ""
    			local lonSecSym = ""
    
    			local latDirectionEN_N = "N"
    			local latDirectionEN_S = "S"
    			local lonDirectionEN_E = "E"
    			local lonDirectionEN_W = "W"
    
    			if not raw then
    				latDirectionN = i18n['coord']['latitude-north']
    				latDirectionS = i18n['coord']['latitude-south']
    				lonDirectionE = i18n['coord']['longitude-east']
    				lonDirectionW = i18n['coord']['longitude-west']
    
    				degSymbol = i18n['coord']['degrees']
    				minSymbol = i18n['coord']['minutes']
    				secSymbol = i18n['coord']['seconds']
    				separator = i18n['coord']['separator']
    			else
    				latDirectionN = latDirectionEN_N
    				latDirectionS = latDirectionEN_S
    				lonDirectionE = lonDirectionEN_E
    				lonDirectionW = lonDirectionEN_W
    
    				degSymbol = "/"
    				minSymbol = "/"
    				secSymbol = "/"
    				separator = "/"
    			end
    
    			latitude = datavalue['latitude']
    			longitude = datavalue['longitude']
    
    			if latitude < 0 then
    				latDirection = latDirectionS
    				latDirectionEN = latDirectionEN_S
    				latitude = math.abs(latitude)
    			else
    				latDirection = latDirectionN
    				latDirectionEN = latDirectionEN_N
    			end
    
    			if longitude < 0 then
    				lonDirection = lonDirectionW
    				lonDirectionEN = lonDirectionEN_W
    				longitude = math.abs(longitude)
    			else
    				lonDirection = lonDirectionE
    				lonDirectionEN = lonDirectionEN_E
    			end
    
    			precision = datavalue['precision']
    
    			if not precision or precision <= 0 then
    				precision = 1 / 3600  -- precision not set (correctly), set to arcsecond
    			end
    
    			-- remove insignificant detail
    			latitude = math.floor(latitude / precision + 0.5) * precision
    			longitude = math.floor(longitude / precision + 0.5) * precision
    
    			if precision >= 1 - (1 / 60) and precision < 1 then
    				precision = 1
    			elseif precision >= (1 / 60) - (1 / 3600) and precision < (1 / 60) then
    				precision = 1 / 60
    			end
    
    			if precision >= 1 then
    				unitsPerDegree = 1
    			elseif precision >= (1 / 60)  then
    				unitsPerDegree = 60
    			else
    				unitsPerDegree = 3600
    			end
    
    			numDigits = math.ceil(-math.log10(unitsPerDegree * precision))
    
    			if numDigits <= 0 then
    				numDigits = tonumber("0")  -- for some reason, 'numDigits = 0' may actually store '-0', so parse from string instead
    			end
    
    			strFormat = "%." .. numDigits .. "f"
    
    			if precision >= 1 then
    				latDegrees = strFormat:format(latitude)
    				lonDegrees = strFormat:format(longitude)
    
    				if not raw then
    					latDegSym = replaceDecimalMark(latDegrees) .. degSymbol
    					lonDegSym = replaceDecimalMark(lonDegrees) .. degSymbol
    				else
    					latDegSym = latDegrees .. degSymbol
    					lonDegSym = lonDegrees .. degSymbol
    				end
    			else
    				latConv = math.floor(latitude * unitsPerDegree * 10^numDigits + 0.5) / 10^numDigits
    				lonConv = math.floor(longitude * unitsPerDegree * 10^numDigits + 0.5) / 10^numDigits
    
    				if precision >= (1 / 60) then
    					latMinutes = latConv
    					lonMinutes = lonConv
    				else
    					latSeconds = latConv
    					lonSeconds = lonConv
    
    					latMinutes = math.floor(latSeconds / 60)
    					lonMinutes = math.floor(lonSeconds / 60)
    
    					latSeconds = strFormat:format(latSeconds - (latMinutes * 60))
    					lonSeconds = strFormat:format(lonSeconds - (lonMinutes * 60))
    
    					if not raw then
    						latSecSym = replaceDecimalMark(latSeconds) .. secSymbol
    						lonSecSym = replaceDecimalMark(lonSeconds) .. secSymbol
    					else
    						latSecSym = latSeconds .. secSymbol
    						lonSecSym = lonSeconds .. secSymbol
    					end
    				end
    
    				latDegrees = math.floor(latMinutes / 60)
    				lonDegrees = math.floor(lonMinutes / 60)
    
    				latDegSym = latDegrees .. degSymbol
    				lonDegSym = lonDegrees .. degSymbol
    
    				latMinutes = latMinutes - (latDegrees * 60)
    				lonMinutes = lonMinutes - (lonDegrees * 60)
    
    				if precision >= (1 / 60) then
    					latMinutes = strFormat:format(latMinutes)
    					lonMinutes = strFormat:format(lonMinutes)
    
    					if not raw then
    						latMinSym = replaceDecimalMark(latMinutes) .. minSymbol
    						lonMinSym = replaceDecimalMark(lonMinutes) .. minSymbol
    					else
    						latMinSym = latMinutes .. minSymbol
    						lonMinSym = lonMinutes .. minSymbol
    					end
    				else
    					latMinSym = latMinutes .. minSymbol
    					lonMinSym = lonMinutes .. minSymbol
    				end
    			end
    
    			latValue = latDegSym .. latMinSym .. latSecSym .. latDirection
    			lonValue = lonDegSym .. lonMinSym .. lonSecSym .. lonDirection
    
    			value = latValue .. separator .. lonValue
    
    			if link then
    				globe = parseWikidataURL(datavalue['globe'])
    
    				if globe then
    					globe = mw.wikibase.getLabelByLang(globe, "en"):lower()
    				else
    					globe = "earth"
    				end
    
    				latLink = table.concat({latDegrees, latMinutes, latSeconds}, "_")
    				lonLink = table.concat({lonDegrees, lonMinutes, lonSeconds}, "_")
    
    				value = "[https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?language="..self.langCode.."&params="..latLink.."_"..latDirectionEN.."_"..lonLink.."_"..lonDirectionEN.."_globe:"..globe.." "..value.."]"
    			end
    
    			return value
    		elseif datatype == 'wikibase-entityid' then
    			local label
    			local itemID = datavalue['numeric-id']
    
    			if subtype == 'wikibase-item' then
    				itemID = "Q" .. itemID
    			elseif subtype == 'wikibase-property' then
    				itemID = "P" .. itemID
    			else
    				return '<strong class="error">' .. errorText('unknown-data-type', subtype) .. '</strong>'
    			end
    
    			label = self:getLabel(itemID, raw, link, short)
    
    			if label == "" then
    				label = nil
    			end
    
    			return label
    		else
    			return '<strong class="error">' .. errorText('unknown-data-type', datatype) .. '</strong>'
    		end
    	elseif snak.snaktype == 'somevalue' and not noSpecial then
    		if raw then
    			return " "  -- single space represents 'somevalue'
    		else
    			return i18n['values']['unknown']
    		end
    	elseif snak.snaktype == 'novalue' and not noSpecial then
    		if raw then
    			return ""  -- empty string represents 'novalue'
    		else
    			return i18n['values']['none']
    		end
    	else
    		return nil
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:getSingleRawQualifier(claim, qualifierID)
    	local qualifiers
    
    	if claim.qualifiers then qualifiers = claim.qualifiers[qualifierID] end
    
    	if qualifiers and qualifiers[1] then
    		return self:getValue(qualifiers[1], true)  -- raw = true
    	else
    		return nil
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:snakEqualsValue(snak, value)
    	local snakValue = self:getValue(snak, true)  -- raw = true
    
    	if snakValue and snak.snaktype == 'value' and snak.datavalue.type == 'wikibase-entityid' then value = value:upper() end
    
    	return snakValue == value
    end
    
    function Config:setRank(rank)
    	local rankPos
    
    	if rank == p.flags.best then
    		self.bestRank = true
    		self.flagBest = true  -- mark that 'best' flag was given
    		return
    	end
    
    	if rank:sub(1,9) == p.flags.preferred then
    		rankPos = 1
    	elseif rank:sub(1,6) == p.flags.normal then
    		rankPos = 2
    	elseif rank:sub(1,10) == p.flags.deprecated then
    		rankPos = 3
    	else
    		return
    	end
    
    	-- one of the rank flags was given, check if another one was given before
    	if not self.flagRank then
    		self.ranks = {false, false, false}  -- no other rank flag given before, so unset ranks
    		self.bestRank = self.flagBest       -- unsets bestRank only if 'best' flag was not given before
    		self.flagRank = true                -- mark that a rank flag was given
    	end
    
    	if rank:sub(-1) == "+" then
    		for i = rankPos, 1, -1 do
    			self.ranks[i] = true
    		end
    	elseif rank:sub(-1) == "-" then
    		for i = rankPos, #self.ranks do
    			self.ranks[i] = true
    		end
    	else
    		self.ranks[rankPos] = true
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:setPeriod(period)
    	local periodPos
    
    	if period == p.flags.future then
    		periodPos = 1
    	elseif period == p.flags.current then
    		periodPos = 2
    	elseif period == p.flags.former then
    		periodPos = 3
    	else
    		return
    	end
    
    	-- one of the period flags was given, check if another one was given before
    	if not self.flagPeriod then
    		self.periods = {false, false, false}  -- no other period flag given before, so unset periods
    		self.flagPeriod = true                -- mark that a period flag was given
    	end
    
    	self.periods[periodPos] = true
    end
    
    function Config:qualifierMatches(claim, id, value)
    	local qualifiers
    
    	if claim.qualifiers then qualifiers = claim.qualifiers[id] end
    	if qualifiers then
    		for _, v in pairs(qualifiers) do
    			if self:snakEqualsValue(v, value) then
    				return true
    			end
    		end
    	elseif value == "" then
    		-- if the qualifier is not present then treat it the same as the special value 'novalue'
    		return true
    	end
    
    	return false
    end
    
    function Config:rankMatches(rankPos)
    	if self.bestRank then
    		return (self.ranks[rankPos] and self.foundRank >= rankPos)
    	else
    		return self.ranks[rankPos]
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:timeMatches(claim)
    	local startTime = nil
    	local startTimeY = nil
    	local startTimeM = nil
    	local startTimeD = nil
    	local endTime = nil
    	local endTimeY = nil
    	local endTimeM = nil
    	local endTimeD = nil
    
    	if self.periods[1] and self.periods[2] and self.periods[3] then
    		-- any time
    		return true
    	end
    
    	startTime = self:getSingleRawQualifier(claim, aliasesP.startTime)
    	if startTime and startTime ~= "" and startTime ~= " " then
    		startTimeY, startTimeM, startTimeD = parseDate(startTime)
    	end
    
    	endTime = self:getSingleRawQualifier(claim, aliasesP.endTime)
    	if endTime and endTime ~= "" and endTime ~= " " then
    		endTimeY, endTimeM, endTimeD = parseDate(endTime)
    	end
    
    	if startTimeY ~= nil and endTimeY ~= nil and datePrecedesDate(endTimeY, endTimeM, endTimeD, startTimeY, startTimeM, startTimeD) then
    		-- invalidate end time if it precedes start time
    		endTimeY = nil
    		endTimeM = nil
    		endTimeD = nil
    	end
    
    	if self.periods[1] then
    		-- future
    		if startTimeY and datePrecedesDate(self.atDate[1], self.atDate[2], self.atDate[3], startTimeY, startTimeM, startTimeD) then
    			return true
    		end
    	end
    
    	if self.periods[2] then
    		-- current
    		if (startTimeY == nil or not datePrecedesDate(self.atDate[1], self.atDate[2], self.atDate[3], startTimeY, startTimeM, startTimeD)) and
    		   (endTimeY == nil or datePrecedesDate(self.atDate[1], self.atDate[2], self.atDate[3], endTimeY, endTimeM, endTimeD)) then
    			return true
    		end
    	end
    
    	if self.periods[3] then
    		-- former
    		if endTimeY and not datePrecedesDate(self.atDate[1], self.atDate[2], self.atDate[3], endTimeY, endTimeM, endTimeD) then
    			return true
    		end
    	end
    
    	return false
    end
    
    function Config:processFlag(flag)
    	if not flag then
    		return false
    	end
    
    	if flag == p.flags.linked then
    		self.curState.linked = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.raw then
    		self.curState.rawValue = true
    
    		if self.curState == self.states[parameters.reference] then
    			-- raw reference values end with periods and require a separator (other than none)
    			self.separators["sep%r"][1] = {" "}
    		end
    
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.short then
    		self.curState.shortName = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.multilanguage then
    		self.curState.anyLanguage = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.unit then
    		self.curState.unitOnly = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.mdy then
    		self.mdyDate = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.single then
    		self.singleClaim = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.sourced then
    		self.sourcedOnly = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.edit then
    		self.editable = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.editAtEnd then
    		self.editable = true
    		self.editAtEnd = true
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.best or flag:match('^'..p.flags.preferred..'[+-]?$') or flag:match('^'..p.flags.normal..'[+-]?$') or flag:match('^'..p.flags.deprecated..'[+-]?$') then
    		self:setRank(flag)
    		return true
    	elseif flag == p.flags.future or flag == p.flags.current or flag == p.flags.former then
    		self:setPeriod(flag)
    		return true
    	elseif flag == "" then
    		-- ignore empty flags and carry on
    		return true
    	else
    		return false
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:processFlagOrCommand(flag)
    	local param = ""
    
    	if not flag then
    		return false
    	end
    
    	if flag == p.claimCommands.property or flag == p.claimCommands.properties then
    		param = parameters.property
    	elseif flag == p.claimCommands.qualifier or flag == p.claimCommands.qualifiers then
    		self.states.qualifiersCount = self.states.qualifiersCount + 1
    		param = parameters.qualifier .. self.states.qualifiersCount
    		self.separators["sep"..param] = {copyTable(defaultSeparators["sep%q\\d"])}
    	elseif flag == p.claimCommands.reference or flag == p.claimCommands.references then
    		param = parameters.reference
    	else
    		return self:processFlag(flag)
    	end
    
    	if self.states[param] then
    		return false
    	end
    
    	-- create a new state for each command
    	self.states[param] = State:new(self, param)
    
    	-- use "%x" as the general parameter name
    	self.states[param].parsedFormat = parseFormat(parameters.general)  -- will be overwritten for param=="%p"
    
    	-- set the separator
    	self.states[param].separator = self.separators["sep"..param]  -- will be nil for param=="%p", which will be set separately
    
    	if flag == p.claimCommands.property or flag == p.claimCommands.qualifier or flag == p.claimCommands.reference then
    		self.states[param].singleValue = true
    	end
    
    	self.curState = self.states[param]
    
    	return true
    end
    
    function Config:processSeparators(args)
    	local sep
    
    	for i, v in pairs(self.separators) do
    		if args[i] then
    			sep = replaceSpecialChars(args[i])
    
    			if sep ~= "" then
    				self.separators[i][1] = {sep}
    			else
    				self.separators[i][1] = nil
    			end
    		end
    	end
    end
    
    function Config:setFormatAndSeparators(state, parsedFormat)
    	state.parsedFormat = parsedFormat
    	state.separator = self.separators["sep"]
    	state.movSeparator = self.separators["sep"..parameters.separator]
    	state.puncMark = self.separators["punc"]
    end
    
    -- determines if a claim has references by prefetching them from the claim using getReferences,
    -- which applies some filtering that determines if a reference is actually returned,
    -- and caches the references for later use
    function State:isSourced(claim)
    	self.conf.prefetchedRefs = self:getReferences(claim)
    	return (#self.conf.prefetchedRefs > 0)
    end
    
    function State:resetCaches()
    	-- any prefetched references of the previous claim must not be used
    	self.conf.prefetchedRefs = nil
    end
    
    function State:claimMatches(claim)
    	local matches, rankPos
    
    	-- first of all, reset any cached values used for the previous claim
    	self:resetCaches()
    
    	-- if a property value was given, check if it matches the claim's property value
    	if self.conf.propertyValue then
    		matches = self.conf:snakEqualsValue(claim.mainsnak, self.conf.propertyValue)
    	else
    		matches = true
    	end
    
    	-- if any qualifier values were given, check if each matches one of the claim's qualifier values
    	for i, v in pairs(self.conf.qualifierIDsAndValues) do
    		matches = (matches and self.conf:qualifierMatches(claim, i, v))
    	end
    
    	-- check if the claim's rank and time period match
    	rankPos = rankTable[claim.rank] or 4
    	matches = (matches and self.conf:rankMatches(rankPos) and self.conf:timeMatches(claim))
    
    	-- if only claims with references must be returned, check if this one has any
    	if self.conf.sourcedOnly then
    		matches = (matches and self:isSourced(claim))  -- prefetches and caches references
    	end
    
    	return matches, rankPos
    end
    
    function State:out()
    	local result  -- collection of arrays with value objects
    	local valuesArray  -- array with value objects
    	local sep = nil  -- value object
    	local out = {}  -- array with value objects
    
    	local function walk(formatTable, result)
    		local valuesArray = {}  -- array with value objects
    
    		for i, v in pairs(formatTable.req) do
    			if not result[i] or not result[i][1] then
    				-- we've got no result for a parameter that is required on this level,
    				-- so skip this level (and its children) by returning an empty result
    				return {}
    			end
    		end
    
    		for _, v in ipairs(formatTable) do
    			if v.param then
    				valuesArray = mergeArrays(valuesArray, result[v.str])
    			elseif v.str ~= "" then
    				valuesArray[#valuesArray + 1] = {v.str}
    			end
    
    			if v.child then
    				valuesArray = mergeArrays(valuesArray, walk(v.child, result))
    			end
    		end
    
    		return valuesArray
    	end
    
    	-- iterate through the results from back to front, so that we know when to add separators
    	for i = #self.results, 1, -1 do
    		result = self.results[i]
    
    		-- if there is already some output, then add the separators
    		if #out > 0 then
    			sep = self.separator[1]  -- fixed separator
    			result[parameters.separator] = {self.movSeparator[1]}  -- movable separator
    		else
    			sep = nil
    			result[parameters.separator] = {self.puncMark[1]}  -- optional punctuation mark
    		end
    
    		valuesArray = walk(self.parsedFormat, result)
    
    		if #valuesArray > 0 then
    			if sep then
    				valuesArray[#valuesArray + 1] = sep
    			end
    
    			out = mergeArrays(valuesArray, out)
    		end
    	end
    
    	-- reset state before next iteration
    	self.results = {}
    
    	return out
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getProperty(claim)
    	local value = {self:getValue(claim.mainsnak)}  -- create one value object
    
    	if #value > 0 then
    		return {value}  -- wrap the value object in an array and return it
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array if there was no value
    	end
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getQualifiers(claim, param)
    	local qualifiers
    
    	if claim.qualifiers then qualifiers = claim.qualifiers[self.conf.qualifierIDs[param]] end
    	if qualifiers then
    		-- iterate through claim's qualifier statements to collect their values;
    		-- return array with multiple value objects
    		return self.conf.states[param]:iterate(qualifiers, {[parameters.general] = hookNames[parameters.qualifier.."\\d"][2], count = 1})  -- pass qualifier state with level 2 hook
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array
    	end
    end
    
    -- level 2 hook
    function State:getQualifier(snak)
    	local value = {self:getValue(snak)}  -- create one value object
    
    	if #value > 0 then
    		return {value}  -- wrap the value object in an array and return it
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array if there was no value
    	end
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getAllQualifiers(claim, param, result, hooks)
    	local out = {}  -- array with value objects
    	local sep = self.conf.separators["sep"..parameters.qualifier][1]  -- value object
    
    	-- iterate through the output of the separate "qualifier(s)" commands
    	for i = 1, self.conf.states.qualifiersCount do
    
    		-- if a hook has not been called yet, call it now
    		if not result[parameters.qualifier..i] then
    			self:callHook(parameters.qualifier..i, hooks, claim, result)
    		end
    
    		-- if there is output for this particular "qualifier(s)" command, then add it
    		if result[parameters.qualifier..i] and result[parameters.qualifier..i][1] then
    
    			-- if there is already some output, then add the separator
    			if #out > 0 and sep then
    				out[#out + 1] = sep
    			end
    
    			out = mergeArrays(out, result[parameters.qualifier..i])
    		end
    	end
    
    	return out
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getReferences(claim)
    	if self.conf.prefetchedRefs then
    		-- return references that have been prefetched by isSourced
    		return self.conf.prefetchedRefs
    	end
    
    	if claim.references then
    		-- iterate through claim's reference statements to collect their values;
    		-- return array with multiple value objects
    		return self.conf.states[parameters.reference]:iterate(claim.references, {[parameters.general] = hookNames[parameters.reference][2], count = 1})  -- pass reference state with level 2 hook
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array
    	end
    end
    
    -- level 2 hook
    function State:getReference(statement)
    	local key, citeWeb, citeQ, label
    	local params = {}
    	local citeParams = {['web'] = {}, ['q'] = {}}
    	local citeMismatch = {}
    	local useCite = nil
    	local useParams = nil
    	local value = ""
    	local ref = {}
    	local referenceEmpty = true  -- will be set to false if at least one parameter is left unremoved
        local numAuthorParameters = 0
        local numAuthorNameStringParameters = 0
        local tempLink
        local additionalRefProperties = {}  -- will hold properties of the reference which are not in statement.snaks, namely backup title from "subject named as" and URL from an external ID
        local wikidataPropertiesOfSource  -- will contain "Wikidata property" properties of the item in stated in, if any
    
    	local version = 5  -- increment this each time the below logic is changed to avoid conflict errors
    
    	if statement.snaks then
    		-- don't include "imported from", which is added by a bot
    		if statement.snaks[aliasesP.importedFrom] then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.importedFrom] = nil
    		end
    		
    		-- don't include "Wikimedia import URL"
    		if statement.snaks[aliasesP.wikimediaImportURL] then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.wikimediaImportURL] = nil
    			-- don't include "retrieved" if no "referenceURL" is present,
    			-- as "retrieved" probably belongs to "Wikimedia import URL"
    			if statement.snaks[aliasesP.retrieved] and not statement.snaks[aliasesP.referenceURL] then
    				statement.snaks[aliasesP.retrieved] = nil
    			end
    		end
    
    		-- don't include "inferred from", which is added by a bot
    		if statement.snaks[aliasesP.inferredFrom] then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.inferredFrom] = nil
    		end
    
    		-- don't include "type of reference"
    		if statement.snaks[aliasesP.typeOfReference] then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.typeOfReference] = nil
    		end
    
    		-- don't include "image" to prevent littering
    		if statement.snaks[aliasesP.image] then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.image] = nil
    		end
    
    		-- don't include "language" if it is equal to the local one
    		if self:getReferenceDetail(statement.snaks, aliasesP.language) == self.conf.langName then
    			statement.snaks[aliasesP.language] = nil
    		end
            
            if statement.snaks[aliasesP.statedIn] and not statement.snaks[aliasesP.referenceURL] then
            	-- "stated in" was given but "reference URL" was not.
            	-- get "Wikidata property" properties from the item in "stated in"
            	-- if any of the returned properties of the external-id datatype is in statement.snaks, generate a URL from it and use the URL in the reference
            	
            	-- find the "Wikidata property" properties in the item from "stated in"
            	wikidataPropertiesOfSource = mw.text.split(p._properties{p.flags.raw, aliasesP.wikidataProperty, [p.args.eid] = self.conf:getValue(statement.snaks[aliasesP.statedIn][1], true, false)}, ", ", true)
            	for i, wikidataPropertyOfSource in pairs(wikidataPropertiesOfSource) do
            		if statement.snaks[wikidataPropertyOfSource] and statement.snaks[wikidataPropertyOfSource][1].datatype == "external-id" then
            			tempLink = self.conf:getValue(statement.snaks[wikidataPropertyOfSource][1], false, true)  -- not raw, linked
            			if mw.ustring.match(tempLink, "^%[%Z- %Z+%]$") then  -- getValue returned a URL.
            		    	additionalRefProperties[aliasesP.referenceURL] = mw.ustring.gsub(tempLink, "^%[(%Z-) %Z+%]$", "%1")  -- the URL is in wiki markup, so strip the square brackets and the display text
            			    statement.snaks[wikidataPropertyOfSource] = nil
            			    break
            			end
            		end
            	end
            end
            
            -- don't include "subject named as", but use it as the title when "title" is not present but a URL is
            if statement.snaks[aliasesP.subjectNamedAs] then
            	if not statement.snaks[aliasesP.title] and (statement.snaks[aliasesP.referenceURL] or additionalRefProperties[aliasesP.referenceURL]) then
            		additionalRefProperties[aliasesP.title] = statement.snaks[aliasesP.subjectNamedAs][1].datavalue.value
            	end
            	statement.snaks[aliasesP.subjectNamedAs] = nil
            end
    
    		-- retrieve all the parameters
    		for i in pairs(statement.snaks) do
    			label = ""
    
    			-- multiple authors may be given
    			if i == aliasesP.author or i == aliasesP.authorNameString then
    				params[i] = self:getReferenceDetails(statement.snaks, i, false, self.linked, true)  -- link = true/false, anyLang = true
    			else
    				params[i] = {self:getReferenceDetail(statement.snaks, i, false, (self.linked or (i == aliasesP.statedIn)) and (statement.snaks[i][1].datatype ~= 'url'), true)}  -- link = true/false, anyLang = true
    			end
    
    			if #params[i] == 0 then
    				params[i] = nil
    			else
    				referenceEmpty = false
    				
    				if statement.snaks[i][1].datatype == 'external-id' then
    					key = "external-id"
    					label = self.conf:getLabel(i)
    
    					if label ~= "" then
    						label = label .. " "
    					end
    				else
    					key = i
    				end
    
    				-- add the parameter to each matching type of citation
    				for j in pairs(citeParams) do
    					-- do so if there was no mismatch with a previous parameter
    					if not citeMismatch[j] then
    						-- check if this parameter is not mismatching itself
    						if i18n['cite'][j][key] then
    							-- continue if an option is available in the corresponding cite template
    							if i18n['cite'][j][key] ~= "" then
                                    -- handle non-author properties (and author properties ("author" and "author name string"), if they don't use the same template parameter)
                                    if (i ~= aliasesP.author and i ~= aliasesP.authorNameString) or (i18n['cite'][j][aliasesP.author] ~= i18n['cite'][j][aliasesP.authorNameString]) then
    								    citeParams[j][i18n['cite'][j][key]] = label .. params[i][1]
                                        -- to avoid problems with non-author multiple parameters (if existent), the following old code is retained
    								    for k=2, #params[i] do
                                            citeParams[j][i18n['cite'][j][key]..k] = label .. params[i][k]
    							    	end
                                    -- handle "author" and "author name string" specially if they use the same template parameter
                                    elseif i == aliasesP.author or i == aliasesP.authorNameString then
                                        if params[aliasesP.author] ~= nil then
                                            numAuthorParameters = #params[aliasesP.author]
                                        else
                                            numAuthorParameters = 0
                                        end
    
                                        if params[aliasesP.authorNameString] ~= nil then
                                            numAuthorNameStringParameters = #params[aliasesP.authorNameString]
                                        else
                                            numAuthorNameStringParameters = 0
                                        end
    
                                        -- execute only if both "author" and "author name string" satisfy this condition: the property is both in params and in statement.snaks or it is neither in params nor in statement.snaks
                                        -- reason: parameters are added to params each iteration of the loop, not before the loop
                                        if ((statement.snaks[aliasesP.author] == nil) == (numAuthorParameters == 0)) and ((statement.snaks[aliasesP.authorNameString] == nil) == (numAuthorNameStringParameters == 0)) then
                                            for k=1, numAuthorParameters + numAuthorNameStringParameters do
                                                if k <= numAuthorParameters then  -- now handling the authors from the "author" property
                                                    citeParams[j][i18n['cite'][j][aliasesP.author]..k] = label .. params[aliasesP.author][k]
                                                else  -- now handling the authors from "author name string"
                                                    citeParams[j][i18n['cite'][j][aliasesP.authorNameString]..k] = label .. params[aliasesP.authorNameString][k - numAuthorParameters]
                                                end
    							        	end
                                        end
                                    end
    							end
    						else
    							citeMismatch[j] = true
    						end
    					end
    				end
    			end
    		end
    		
    		-- use additional properties
    		for i in pairs(additionalRefProperties) do
    			for j in pairs(citeParams) do
    				if not citeMismatch[j] and i18n["cite"][j][i] then
    					citeParams[j][i18n["cite"][j][i]] = additionalRefProperties[i]
    				else
    					citeMismatch[j] = true
    				end
    			end
    		end
    
    		-- get title of general template for citing web references
    		citeWeb = split(mw.wikibase.getSitelink(aliasesQ.citeWeb) or "", ":")[2]  -- split off namespace from front
    
    		-- get title of template that expands stated-in references into citations
    		citeQ = split(mw.wikibase.getSitelink(aliasesQ.citeQ) or "", ":")[2]  -- split off namespace from front
    
    		-- (1) use the general template for citing web references if there is a match and if at least both "reference URL" and "title" are present
    		if citeWeb and not citeMismatch['web'] and citeParams['web'][i18n['cite']['web'][aliasesP.referenceURL]] and citeParams['web'][i18n['cite']['web'][aliasesP.title]] then
    			useCite = citeWeb
    			useParams = citeParams['web']
    
    		-- (2) use the template that expands stated-in references into citations if there is a match and if at least "stated in" is present
    		elseif citeQ and not citeMismatch['q'] and citeParams['q'][i18n['cite']['q'][aliasesP.statedIn]] then
    			-- we need the raw "stated in" Q-identifier for the this template
    			citeParams['q'][i18n['cite']['q'][aliasesP.statedIn]] = self:getReferenceDetail(statement.snaks, aliasesP.statedIn, true)  -- raw = true
    
    			useCite = citeQ
    			useParams = citeParams['q']
    		end
    
    		if useCite and useParams then
    			-- if this module is being substituted then build a regular template call, otherwise expand the template
    			if mw.isSubsting() then
    				for i, v in pairs(useParams) do
    					value = value .. "|" .. i .. "=" .. v
    				end
    
    				value = "{{" .. useCite .. value .. "}}"
    			else
    				value = mw.getCurrentFrame():expandTemplate{title=useCite, args=useParams}
    			end
    
    		-- (3) if the citation couldn't be displayed using Cite web or Cite Q, but has properties other than the removed ones, throw an error
    		elseif not referenceEmpty then
    			value = "<span style=\"color:#dd3333\">" .. errorText("malformed-reference") .. "</span>"
    		end
    	
    		if value ~= "" then
    			value = {value}  -- create one value object
    
    			if not self.rawValue then
    				-- this should become a <ref> tag, so save the reference's hash for later
    				value.refHash = "wikidata-" .. statement.hash .. "-v" .. (tonumber(i18n['cite']['version']) + version)
    			end
    
    			ref = {value}  -- wrap the value object in an array
    		end
    	end
    
    	return ref
    end
    
    -- gets a detail of one particular type for a reference
    function State:getReferenceDetail(snaks, dType, raw, link, anyLang)
    	local switchLang = anyLang
    	local value = nil
    
    	if not snaks[dType] then
    		return nil
    	end
    
    	-- if anyLang, first try the local language and otherwise any language
    	repeat
    		for _, v in ipairs(snaks[dType]) do
    			value = self.conf:getValue(v, raw, link, false, anyLang and not switchLang, false, true)  -- noSpecial = true
    
    			if value then
    				break
    			end
    		end
    
    		if value or not anyLang then
    			break
    		end
    
    		switchLang = not switchLang
    	until anyLang and switchLang
    
    	return value
    end
    
    -- gets the details of one particular type for a reference
    function State:getReferenceDetails(snaks, dType, raw, link, anyLang)
    	local values = {}
    
    	if not snaks[dType] then
    		return {}
    	end
    
    	for _, v in ipairs(snaks[dType]) do
    		-- if nil is returned then it will not be added to the table
    		values[#values + 1] = self.conf:getValue(v, raw, link, false, anyLang, false, true)  -- noSpecial = true
    	end
    
    	return values
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getAlias(object)
    	local value = object.value
    	local title = nil
    
    	if value and self.linked then
    		if self.conf.entityID:sub(1,1) == "Q" then
    			title = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(self.conf.entityID)
    		elseif self.conf.entityID:sub(1,1) == "P" then
    			title = "d:Property:" .. self.conf.entityID
    		end
    
    		if title then
    			value = buildWikilink(title, value)
    		end
    	end
    
    	value = {value}  -- create one value object
    
    	if #value > 0 then
    		return {value}  -- wrap the value object in an array and return it
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array if there was no value
    	end
    end
    
    -- level 1 hook
    function State:getBadge(value)
    	value = self.conf:getLabel(value, self.rawValue, self.linked, self.shortName)
    
    	if value == "" then
    		value = nil
    	end
    
    	value = {value}  -- create one value object
    
    	if #value > 0 then
    		return {value}  -- wrap the value object in an array and return it
    	else
    		return {}  -- return empty array if there was no value
    	end
    end
    
    function State:callHook(param, hooks, statement, result)
    	local valuesArray, refHash
    
    	-- call a parameter's hook if it has been defined and if it has not been called before
    	if not result[param] and hooks[param] then
    		valuesArray = self[hooks[param]](self, statement, param, result, hooks)  -- array with value objects
    
    		-- add to the result
    		if #valuesArray > 0 then
    			result[param] = valuesArray
    			result.count = result.count + 1
    		else
    			result[param] = {}  -- an empty array to indicate that we've tried this hook already
    			return true  -- miss == true
    		end
    	end
    
    	return false
    end
    
    -- iterate through claims, claim's qualifiers or claim's references to collect values
    function State:iterate(statements, hooks, matchHook)
    	matchHook = matchHook or alwaysTrue
    
    	local matches = false
    	local rankPos = nil
    	local result, gotRequired
    
    	for _, v in ipairs(statements) do
    		-- rankPos will be nil for non-claim statements (e.g. qualifiers, references, etc.)
    		matches, rankPos = matchHook(self, v)
    
    		if matches then
    			result = {count = 0}  -- collection of arrays with value objects
    
    			local function walk(formatTable)
    				local miss
    
    				for i2, v2 in pairs(formatTable.req) do
    					-- call a hook, adding its return value to the result
    					miss = self:callHook(i2, hooks, v, result)
    
    					if miss then
    						-- we miss a required value for this level, so return false
    						return false
    					end
    
    					if result.count == hooks.count then
    						-- we're done if all hooks have been called;
    						-- returning at this point breaks the loop
    						return true
    					end
    				end
    
    				for _, v2 in ipairs(formatTable) do
    					if result.count == hooks.count then
    						-- we're done if all hooks have been called;
    						-- returning at this point prevents further childs from being processed
    						return true
    					end
    
    					if v2.child then
    						walk(v2.child)
    					end
    				end
    
    				return true
    			end
    			gotRequired = walk(self.parsedFormat)
    
    			-- only append the result if we got values for all required parameters on the root level
    			if gotRequired then
    				-- if we have a rankPos (only with matchHook() for complete claims), then update the foundRank
    				if rankPos and self.conf.foundRank > rankPos then
    					self.conf.foundRank = rankPos
    				end
    
    				-- append the result
    				self.results[#self.results + 1] = result
    
    				-- break if we only need a single value
    				if self.singleValue then
    					break
    				end
    			end
    		end
    	end
    
    	return self:out()
    end
    
    local function getEntityId(arg, eid, page, allowOmitPropPrefix)
    	local id = nil
    	local prop = nil
    
    	if arg then
    		if arg:sub(1,1) == ":" then
    			page = arg
    			eid = nil
    		elseif arg:sub(1,1):upper() == "Q" or arg:sub(1,9):lower() == "property:" or allowOmitPropPrefix then
    			eid = arg
    			page = nil
    		else
    			prop = arg
    		end
    	end
    
    	if eid then
    		if eid:sub(1,9):lower() == "property:" then
    			id = replaceAlias(mw.text.trim(eid:sub(10)))
    
    			if id:sub(1,1):upper() ~= "P" then
    				id = ""
    			end
    		else
    			id = replaceAlias(eid)
    		end
    	elseif page then
    		if page:sub(1,1) == ":" then
    			page = mw.text.trim(page:sub(2))
    		end
    
    		id = mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForTitle(page) or ""
    	end
    
    	if not id then
    		id = mw.wikibase.getEntityIdForCurrentPage() or ""
    	end
    
    	id = id:upper()
    
    	if not mw.wikibase.isValidEntityId(id) then
    		id = ""
    	end
    
    	return id, prop
    end
    
    local function nextArg(args)
    	local arg = args[args.pointer]
    
    	if arg then
    		args.pointer = args.pointer + 1
    		return mw.text.trim(arg)
    	else
    		return nil
    	end
    end
    
    local function claimCommand(args, funcName)
    	local cfg = Config:new()
    	cfg:processFlagOrCommand(funcName)  -- process first command (== function name)
    
    	local lastArg, parsedFormat, formatParams, claims, value
    	local hooks = {count = 0}
    
    	-- set the date if given;
    	-- must come BEFORE processing the flags
    	if args[p.args.date] then
    		cfg.atDate = {parseDate(args[p.args.date])}
    		cfg.periods = {false, true, false}  -- change default time constraint to 'current'
    	end
    
    	-- process flags and commands
    	repeat
    		lastArg = nextArg(args)
    	until not cfg:processFlagOrCommand(lastArg)
    
    	-- get the entity ID from either the positional argument, the eid argument or the page argument
    	cfg.entityID, cfg.propertyID = getEntityId(lastArg, args[p.args.eid], args[p.args.page])
    
    	if cfg.entityID == "" then
    		return ""  -- we cannot continue without a valid entity ID
    	end
    
    	cfg.entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity(cfg.entityID)
    
    	if not cfg.propertyID then
    		cfg.propertyID = nextArg(args)
    	end
    
    	cfg.propertyID = replaceAlias(cfg.propertyID)
    
    	if not cfg.entity or not cfg.propertyID then
    		return ""  -- we cannot continue without an entity or a property ID
    	end
    
    	cfg.propertyID = cfg.propertyID:upper()
    
    	if not cfg.entity.claims or not cfg.entity.claims[cfg.propertyID] then
    		return ""  -- there is no use to continue without any claims
    	end
    
    	claims = cfg.entity.claims[cfg.propertyID]
    
    	if cfg.states.qualifiersCount > 0 then
    		-- do further processing if "qualifier(s)" command was given
    
    		if #args - args.pointer + 1 > cfg.states.qualifiersCount then
    			-- claim ID or literal value has been given
    
    			cfg.propertyValue = nextArg(args)
    		end
    
    		for i = 1, cfg.states.qualifiersCount do
    			-- check if given qualifier ID is an alias and add it
    			cfg.qualifierIDs[parameters.qualifier..i] = replaceAlias(nextArg(args) or ""):upper()
    		end
    	elseif cfg.states[parameters.reference] then
    		-- do further processing if "reference(s)" command was given
    
    		cfg.propertyValue = nextArg(args)
    	end
    
    	-- check for special property value 'somevalue' or 'novalue'
    	if cfg.propertyValue then
    		cfg.propertyValue = replaceSpecialChars(cfg.propertyValue)
    
    		if cfg.propertyValue ~= "" and mw.text.trim(cfg.propertyValue) == "" then
    			cfg.propertyValue = " "  -- single space represents 'somevalue', whereas empty string represents 'novalue'
    		else
    			cfg.propertyValue = mw.text.trim(cfg.propertyValue)
    		end
    	end
    
    	-- parse the desired format, or choose an appropriate format
    	if args["format"] then
    		parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(args["format"])
    	elseif cfg.states.qualifiersCount > 0 then  -- "qualifier(s)" command given
    		if cfg.states[parameters.property] then  -- "propert(y|ies)" command given
    			parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.propertyWithQualifier)
    		else
    			parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.qualifier)
    		end
    	elseif cfg.states[parameters.property] then  -- "propert(y|ies)" command given
    		parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.property)
    	else  -- "reference(s)" command given
    		parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.reference)
    	end
    
    	-- if a "qualifier(s)" command and no "propert(y|ies)" command has been given, make the movable separator a semicolon
    	if cfg.states.qualifiersCount > 0 and not cfg.states[parameters.property] then
    		cfg.separators["sep"..parameters.separator][1] = {";"}
    	end
    
    	-- if only "reference(s)" has been given, set the default separator to none (except when raw)
    	if cfg.states[parameters.reference] and not cfg.states[parameters.property] and cfg.states.qualifiersCount == 0
    	   and not cfg.states[parameters.reference].rawValue then
    		cfg.separators["sep"][1] = nil
    	end
    
    	-- if exactly one "qualifier(s)" command has been given, make "sep%q" point to "sep%q1" to make them equivalent
    	if cfg.states.qualifiersCount == 1 then
    		cfg.separators["sep"..parameters.qualifier] = cfg.separators["sep"..parameters.qualifier.."1"]
    	end
    
    	-- process overridden separator values;
    	-- must come AFTER tweaking the default separators
    	cfg:processSeparators(args)
    
    	-- define the hooks that should be called (getProperty, getQualifiers, getReferences);
    	-- only define a hook if both its command ("propert(y|ies)", "reference(s)", "qualifier(s)") and its parameter ("%p", "%r", "%q1", "%q2", "%q3") have been given
    	for i, v in pairs(cfg.states) do
    		-- e.g. 'formatParams["%q1"] or formatParams["%q"]' to define hook even if "%q1" was not defined to be able to build a complete value for "%q"
    		if formatParams[i] or formatParams[i:sub(1, 2)] then
    			hooks[i] = getHookName(i, 1)
    			hooks.count = hooks.count + 1
    		end
    	end
    
    	-- the "%q" parameter is not attached to a state, but is a collection of the results of multiple states (attached to "%q1", "%q2", "%q3", ...);
    	-- so if this parameter is given then this hook must be defined separately, but only if at least one "qualifier(s)" command has been given
    	if formatParams[parameters.qualifier] and cfg.states.qualifiersCount > 0 then
    		hooks[parameters.qualifier] = getHookName(parameters.qualifier, 1)
    		hooks.count = hooks.count + 1
    	end
    
    	-- create a state for "properties" if it doesn't exist yet, which will be used as a base configuration for each claim iteration;
    	-- must come AFTER defining the hooks
    	if not cfg.states[parameters.property] then
    		cfg.states[parameters.property] = State:new(cfg, parameters.property)
    
    		-- if the "single" flag has been given then this state should be equivalent to "property" (singular)
    		if cfg.singleClaim then
    			cfg.states[parameters.property].singleValue = true
    		end
    	end
    
    	-- if the "sourced" flag has been given then create a state for "reference" if it doesn't exist yet, using default values,
    	-- which must exist in order to be able to determine if a claim has any references;
    	-- must come AFTER defining the hooks
    	if cfg.sourcedOnly and not cfg.states[parameters.reference] then
    		cfg:processFlagOrCommand(p.claimCommands.reference)  -- use singular "reference" to minimize overhead
    	end
    
    	-- set the parsed format and the separators (and optional punctuation mark);
    	-- must come AFTER creating the additonal states
    	cfg:setFormatAndSeparators(cfg.states[parameters.property], parsedFormat)
    
    	-- process qualifier matching values, analogous to cfg.propertyValue
    	for i, v in pairs(args) do
    		i = tostring(i)
    
    		if i:match('^[Pp]%d+$') or aliasesP[i] then
    			v = replaceSpecialChars(v)
    
    			-- check for special qualifier value 'somevalue'
    			if v ~= "" and mw.text.trim(v) == "" then
    				v = " "  -- single space represents 'somevalue'
    			end
    
    			cfg.qualifierIDsAndValues[replaceAlias(i):upper()] = v
    		end
    	end
    
    	-- first sort the claims on rank to pre-define the order of output (preferred first, then normal, then deprecated)
    	claims = sortOnRank(claims)
    
    	-- then iterate through the claims to collect values
    	value = cfg:concatValues(cfg.states[parameters.property]:iterate(claims, hooks, State.claimMatches))  -- pass property state with level 1 hooks and matchHook
    
    	-- if desired, add a clickable icon that may be used to edit the returned values on Wikidata
    	if cfg.editable and value ~= "" then
    		value = value .. cfg:getEditIcon()
    	end
    
    	return value
    end
    
    local function generalCommand(args, funcName)
    	local cfg = Config:new()
    	cfg.curState = State:new(cfg)
    
    	local lastArg
    	local value = nil
    
    	repeat
    		lastArg = nextArg(args)
    	until not cfg:processFlag(lastArg)
    
    	-- get the entity ID from either the positional argument, the eid argument or the page argument
    	cfg.entityID = getEntityId(lastArg, args[p.args.eid], args[p.args.page], true)
    
    	if cfg.entityID == "" or not mw.wikibase.entityExists(cfg.entityID) then
    		return ""  -- we cannot continue without an entity
    	end
    
    	-- serve according to the given command
    	if funcName == p.generalCommands.label then
    		value = cfg:getLabel(cfg.entityID, cfg.curState.rawValue, cfg.curState.linked, cfg.curState.shortName)
    	elseif funcName == p.generalCommands.title then
    		cfg.inSitelinks = true
    
    		if cfg.entityID:sub(1,1) == "Q" then
    			value = mw.wikibase.getSitelink(cfg.entityID)
    		end
    
    		if cfg.curState.linked and value then
    			value = buildWikilink(value)
    		end
    	elseif funcName == p.generalCommands.description then
    		value = mw.wikibase.getDescription(cfg.entityID)
    	else
    		local parsedFormat, formatParams
    		local hooks = {count = 0}
    
    		cfg.entity = mw.wikibase.getEntity(cfg.entityID)
    
    		if funcName == p.generalCommands.alias or funcName == p.generalCommands.badge then
    			cfg.curState.singleValue = true
    		end
    
    		if funcName == p.generalCommands.alias or funcName == p.generalCommands.aliases then
    			if not cfg.entity.aliases or not cfg.entity.aliases[cfg.langCode] then
    				return ""  -- there is no use to continue without any aliasses
    			end
    
    			local aliases = cfg.entity.aliases[cfg.langCode]
    
    			-- parse the desired format, or parse the default aliases format
    			if args["format"] then
    				parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(args["format"])
    			else
    				parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.alias)
    			end
    
    			-- process overridden separator values;
    			-- must come AFTER tweaking the default separators
    			cfg:processSeparators(args)
    
    			-- define the hook that should be called (getAlias);
    			-- only define the hook if the parameter ("%a") has been given
    			if formatParams[parameters.alias] then
    				hooks[parameters.alias] = getHookName(parameters.alias, 1)
    				hooks.count = hooks.count + 1
    			end
    
    			-- set the parsed format and the separators (and optional punctuation mark)
    			cfg:setFormatAndSeparators(cfg.curState, parsedFormat)
    
    			-- iterate to collect values
    			value = cfg:concatValues(cfg.curState:iterate(aliases, hooks))
    		elseif funcName == p.generalCommands.badge or funcName == p.generalCommands.badges then
    			if not cfg.entity.sitelinks or not cfg.entity.sitelinks[cfg.siteID] or not cfg.entity.sitelinks[cfg.siteID].badges then
    				return ""  -- there is no use to continue without any badges
    			end
    
    			local badges = cfg.entity.sitelinks[cfg.siteID].badges
    
    			cfg.inSitelinks = true
    
    			-- parse the desired format, or parse the default aliases format
    			if args["format"] then
    				parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(args["format"])
    			else
    				parsedFormat, formatParams = parseFormat(formats.badge)
    			end
    
    			-- process overridden separator values;
    			-- must come AFTER tweaking the default separators
    			cfg:processSeparators(args)
    
    			-- define the hook that should be called (getBadge);
    			-- only define the hook if the parameter ("%b") has been given
    			if formatParams[parameters.badge] then
    				hooks[parameters.badge] = getHookName(parameters.badge, 1)
    				hooks.count = hooks.count + 1
    			end
    
    			-- set the parsed format and the separators (and optional punctuation mark)
    			cfg:setFormatAndSeparators(cfg.curState, parsedFormat)
    
    			-- iterate to collect values
    			value = cfg:concatValues(cfg.curState:iterate(badges, hooks))
    		end
    	end
    
    	value = value or ""
    
    	if cfg.editable and value ~= "" then
    		-- if desired, add a clickable icon that may be used to edit the returned value on Wikidata
    		value = value .. cfg:getEditIcon()
    	end
    
    	return value
    end
    
    -- modules that include this module should call the functions with an underscore prepended, e.g.: p._property(args)
    local function establishCommands(commandList, commandFunc)
    	for _, commandName in pairs(commandList) do
    		local function wikitextWrapper(frame)
    			local args = copyTable(frame.args)
    			args.pointer = 1
    			loadI18n(aliasesP, frame)
    			return commandFunc(args, commandName)
    		end
    		p[commandName] = wikitextWrapper
    
    		local function luaWrapper(args)
    			args = copyTable(args)
    			args.pointer = 1
    			loadI18n(aliasesP)
    			return commandFunc(args, commandName)
    		end
    		p["_" .. commandName] = luaWrapper
    	end
    end
    
    establishCommands(p.claimCommands, claimCommand)
    establishCommands(p.generalCommands, generalCommand)
    
    -- main function that is supposed to be used by wrapper templates
    function p.main(frame)
    	if not mw.wikibase then return nil end
    
    	local f, args
    
    	loadI18n(aliasesP, frame)
    
    	-- get the parent frame to take the arguments that were passed to the wrapper template
    	frame = frame:getParent() or frame
    
    	if not frame.args[1] then
    		throwError("no-function-specified")
    	end
    
    	f = mw.text.trim(frame.args[1])
    
    	if f == "main" then
    		throwError("main-called-twice")
    	end
    
    	assert(p["_"..f], errorText('no-such-function', f))
    
    	-- copy arguments from immutable to mutable table
    	args = copyTable(frame.args)
    
    	-- remove the function name from the list
    	table.remove(args, 1)
    
    	return p["_"..f](args)
    end
    
    return p