Module:Template redirect regex

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local p = {}

--returns a table of regular expressions, sorted by descending popularity, for a parent template and all redirects to it as of a certain date, or nil
--regex for the 1st pipe and surrounding whitespace are purposefully omitted to give the calling modules more flexibility
function p.main( template )

	--expand the following table as-needed, following the same format
	local tCanonical_templates = {
		['Category redirect'] = { 
			-- the following 11 pages (6 condensed) redirect to [[Template:Category redirect]], as of 2022/9:
		    -- Commons June 2024: 12
			-- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=Template%3ACategory+redirect&namespace=&hidetrans=1&hidelinks=1
			'{{ *[Cc]ate?g?o?r?y?[ _]*[rR]edirect',	--parent+505+312+243+1 transclusions
			'{{ *[Cc]atr',							--21
			'{{ *[Cc]at[ _]*[rR]edir',				--5+3
			'{{ *[Cc]at[ _]*[rR]ed',				--3+2
			'{{ *[Ss]ee[ _]?cat',
			'{{ *[Cc]ategoryredirect',
			'{{ *[Cc]at[ _]?redirect',
			'{{ *[Cc]atredir',
			'{{ *[Rr]edirect[ _]category',
			'{{ *[Cc]at-?red',
			'{{ *[Rr]edirect[ _]cat',
			'{{ *[Cc]ategory[ _]Redirect',
			'{{ *[Cc]at-redirect',
		},
		
	}
	
	return tCanonical_templates[template] or nil
end

return p

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