Module:Effective protection level/doc
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 | <translate> This module is [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Category:Modules subject to page protection</tvar>|subject to {{<tvar name=2>#if:</tvar>|cascading|page}} protection]].</translate> <translate> It is a highly visible module in use by a very large number of pages.</translate> <translate> Because vandalism or mistakes would affect many pages, and even trivial editing might cause substantial load on the servers, it is [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Project:Protected page</tvar>|protected]] from editing.</translate> |
| File:Cascade-protection-shackle.svg | This page is fully protected with the cascading option enabled. Editing of this module may have been disabled either temporarily or permanently except for administrators. Changes can only be done by administrators, because it has been transcluded onto one or more cascade-protected pages. If you would like to make an edit, please use the {{editprotected}} template on their talk pages to get an administrator's attention. | File:Information.svg |
 | In addition, this page is also move-protected. |
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This module provides a way to retrieve the group required to perform a given action on a page. It currently tests the following criteria:
- The page being pending-changes protected: autoconfirmed
- The page being a JavaScript or CSS subpage in userspace, or in the MediaWiki namespace: interfaceadmin
- The page being in the MediaWiki namespace: sysop
- The page being a JSON subpage in userspace: sysop
- The page being protected: sysop, templateeditor, extendedconfirmed, or autoconfirmed
- The page being used in a cascading-protected page: sysop
- The page's title matching the titleblacklist: templateeditor or autoconfirmed
- A file being moved: filemover
- A page being moved or a file being uploaded: autoconfirmed
- A non-Draft non-talk page being created: user
- Anything else: *
Note that if a template-protected file is moved, both filemover and templateeditor are required, but this will return only templateeditor. This is not likely to be changed any time soon, since template protection currently shouldn't be used on files.
Usage
Warning: This module will use up to 4 expensive parser function calls each time it is ran. It should only be used if the exact effective protection level is necessary. Otherwise, consider using title.protectionLevels instead.
From other modules
To load this module: <syntaxhighlight lang="lua"> local effectiveProtectionLevel = require('Module:Effective protection level')._main </syntaxhighlight>
The function accepts two parameters. The first is a string containing the action to check, which must be one of "edit", "create", "move", "upload", "undelete", or "autoreview". The second is optional, and can either be the name of the page to check, or a title returned from the mw.title functions. If the second parameter is omitted, the page being displayed is the one checked against. The return value is a string containing the name of the group required to perform the given action.
From wikitext
The parameters are the same as when it is called directly.
{{#invoke:Effective protection level|action|title}}