Module:Protected edit request

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This module produces a message box used to request edits to protected pages. Edit requests can be made for fully protected, template-protected and semi-protected pages, and it is possible to request edits to multiple pages at once.

This module should be used on the talk page of the page to be edited. If you are not able to place it directly on this talk page, then you can specify the page to be edited with the positional parameters. You can also specify multiple pages to be edited, if this is more convenient than making multiple edit requests in different locations.

Syntax

The module has five functions, one for each available protection level:

Function	Protection level	Template
interface	CSS/JS protection	{{edit interface-protected}}
full	Full protection	{{edit fully-protected}}
template	Template protection	{{edit template-protected}}
extended	Extended confirmed protection	{{edit extended-protected}}
semi	Semi-protection	{{edit semi-protected}}

Basic usage

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function}}

Specify pages to be edited

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function|First page to be edited|Second page to be edited|...}}

Deactivate a request

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function|answered=yes}}

Force a request's protection level rather than allowing auto-detection

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function|force=yes}}

Override the "must only be on a talk page" check

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function|skiptalk=yes}}

All parameters

{{#invoke:protected edit request|function
| First page to be edited|Second page to be edited|Third page to be edited|...
| answered = 
| ans      = 
| demo     = 
| force    = 
| skiptalk =
}}

Categories

The template categorises the page depending on the protection level of the pages to be edited.

Function	Category
interface	Category:Wikipedia interface-protected edit requests
full	Category:Wikipedia fully protected edit requests
template	Category:Wikipedia template-protected edit requests
extended	Category:Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected edit requests
semi	Category:Wikipedia semi-protected edit requests

The module attempts to detect the protection level of the pages used. If one or more of the pages are unprotected, or multiple pages with different protection levels are specified, the page is categorized in Category:Wikipedia edit requests possibly using incorrect templates. Otherwise, if the force parameter is not set, it is automatically categorized in the correct protection level.

The above documentation is transcluded from Module:Protected edit request/doc. (edit | history)
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require('strict')

local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
local makeMessageBox = require('Module:Message box').main
local getArgs

local activeBox -- lazily initialized if we get an active request

----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Box class definition
----------------------------------------------------------------------

local box = {}
box.__index = box

function box.new(protectionType, args)
	local obj = {}
	obj.args = args
	setmetatable(obj, box)
	obj.tmboxArgs = {} -- Used to store arguments to be passed to tmbox by the box:export method.
	-- Set data fields.
	obj.tmboxArgs.attrs = { ['data-origlevel'] = protectionType }
	return obj
end

function box:setArg(key, value)
	-- This sets a value to be passed to tmbox.
	if key then
		self.tmboxArgs[key] = value
	end
end

function box:export()
	local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
	local skipCheck = yesno(self.args.demo) or yesno(self.args.skiptalk)
	if not title.isTalkPage and not skipCheck then
		return '<span class="error">Error: Protected edit requests can only be made on the talk page.</span>[[Category:Non-talk pages with an edit request template]]'
	end

	-- String together page names provided
	local titles = {}
	for k, v in pairs(self.args) do
		if type(k) == 'number' then
			table.insert(titles, self.args[k])
		end
	end
	local pagesText
	if #titles == 0 then
		pagesText = ''
	elseif #titles == 1 and mw.title.getCurrentTitle().subjectPageTitle.fullText == titles[1] then
		pagesText = ''
	else 
		for i, v in pairs(titles) do
		    if i == 1 then
		        pagesText = ' to [[:' .. v .. ']]'
		    elseif i == #titles then
		        pagesText = pagesText .. ' and [[:' .. v .. ']]'
		    else
		        pagesText = pagesText .. ', [[:' .. v .. ']]'
		    end
		end
	end
	
	self:setArg('smalltext', "This [[Wikipedia:Edit requests|edit request]]" .. pagesText ..
		" has been answered. Set the <code style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">&#124;answered&#61;</code> or <code style=\"white-space: nowrap;\">&#124;ans&#61;</code> parameter to '''no''' to reactivate your request.")
	self:setArg('small', true)
	self:setArg('class', 'editrequest')
	return makeMessageBox('tmbox', self.tmboxArgs)
end

----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Process arguments and initialise objects
----------------------------------------------------------------------

local p = {}

function p._main(protectionType, args)
	local boxType = box
	if not yesno(args.answered or args.ans, true) then
		if not activeBox then
			activeBox = require('Module:Protected edit request/active')(box, yesno, makeMessageBox)
		end
		boxType = activeBox
	end
	local requestBox = boxType.new(protectionType, args)
	return requestBox:export()
end

local mt = {}

function mt.__index(t, k)
	if not getArgs then
		getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
	end
	return function (frame)
		return t._main(k, getArgs(frame, {wrappers = {'Template:Edit fully-protected', 'Template:Edit semi-protected', 'Template:Edit template-protected', 'Template:Edit extended-protected', 'Template:Edit interface-protected', 'Template:Edit protected'}}))
	end
end

return setmetatable(p, mt)