Module:Effective protection level/doc
 | This module is rated as ready for general use. It has reached a mature form and is thought to be bug-free and ready for use wherever appropriate. It is ready to mention on help pages and other resources as an option for new users to learn. To reduce server load and bad output, it should be improved by sandbox testing rather than repeated trial-and-error editing. |
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 in the MediaWiki namespace: sysop
- The page being a JavaScript or CSS subpage in userspace: interfaceadmin
- The page being a JSON subpage in userspace: sysop
- The page being protected: sysop or autoconfirmed
- The page being used in a cascading-protected page: sysop
- The page's title matching the titleblacklist: sysop or autoconfirmed
- A file being moved: sysop
- A page being moved: autoconfirmed
- A file being uploaded: uploader
- Anything else: *
Usage
editWarning: 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
editTo load this module:
local effectiveProtectionLevel = require('Module:Effective protection level')._main
The function accepts two parameters. The first is a string containing the action to check, which must be one of "edit", "create", "move", "upload", 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
editThe parameters are the same as when it is called directly.
{{#invoke:Effective protection level|action|title}}