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[IMPR] create a Site from sitename

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  s = pywikibot.Site('wikipedia:test')

Change-Id: I0ee625bbc8ed7ccae45679e5b92b53b84d7f51dc
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M pywikibot/__init__.py
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pywikibot/__init__.py b/pywikibot/__init__.py
index e9f40c7..56252c1 100644
--- a/pywikibot/__init__.py
+++ b/pywikibot/__init__.py
@@ -1098,6 +1098,7 @@
     using the method parameters.
 
     @param code: language code (override config.mylang)
+        code may also be a sitename like 'wikipedia:test'
     @param fam: family name or object (override config.family)
     @type fam: str or pywikibot.family.Family
     @param user: bot user name to use on this site (override config.usernames)
@@ -1123,13 +1124,19 @@
                 'URL to the wiki OR a pair of code and family name '
                 'should be provided')
         code, fam = _code_fam_from_url(url)
+    elif code and ':' in code:
+        if fam:
+            raise ValueError(
+                'sitename OR a pair of code and family name '
+                'should be provided')
+        fam, _, code = code.partition(':')
     else:
         # Fallback to config defaults
         code = code or config.mylang
         fam = fam or config.family
 
-        if not isinstance(fam, Family):
-            fam = Family.load(fam)
+    if not isinstance(fam, Family):
+        fam = Family.load(fam)
 
     interface = interface or fam.interface(code)
 

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