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Customising discardElements and ignoredTags
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Description
When parsing pages such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31744838 the tool drops the table which actually contains most of the content on the page.
Reviewing the code I think that we should make discardElements and ignoredTags customisable in someway. In the name of backward compatibility if no info is supplied we will use the default sets as it is currently defined. However, I would propose a new flag for each of these that would completely overwrite this data.
I will start work on code change for this and make a PR when ready. If you have any pointers, tips, or preferences for this please let me know.
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Review how the parser currently handles discardElements and ignoredTags, using the Wikipedia page in the issue as a reproduction case. Define how separate customization flags should preserve the existing default sets when no information is supplied, and verify that the table content is retained when overrides are provided.
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- python
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- cli
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- Feature
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