Module:Requested move
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This module implements {{requested move}}. Please see the template pages for documentation.
-- This module implements {{requested move}}. -- Load necessary modules local getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs local tableTools = require('Module:TableTools') local yesno = require('Module:Yesno') local mRedirect = require('Module:Redirect') -- Set static values local defaultNewPagename = '?' -- Name of new pages that haven't been specified local p = {} -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Helper functions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- local function err(msg, numargs, reason, count) -- Generates a wikitext error message local commented = '<!-- {{subst:requested move|' if count ~= 1 then commented = commented .. 'new1=' end commented = commented .. numargs[1]['new'] for i = 2,count do commented = commented .. string.format('|current%i=%s', i, (numargs[i]['current'] or '')) commented = commented .. string.format('|new%i=%s', i, (numargs[i]['new'] or '')) end if reason then commented = commented .. '|reason=' .. reason end commented = commented .. '}} -->' return string.format('{{error|%s}}', msg) .. commented end local function validateTitle(page, paramName, paramNum) -- Validates a page name, and if it is valid, returns true and the title -- object for that page. If it is not valid, returns false and the -- appropriate error message. -- Check for a small subset of characters that cannot be used in MediaWiki -- titles. For the full set of restrictions, see -- [[Wikipedia:Page name#Technical restrictions and limitations]]. This is -- also covered by the invalid title check, but with this check we can give -- a more specific error message. local invalidChar = page:match('[#<>%[%]|{}]') if invalidChar then local msg = 'Invalid character "' .. invalidChar .. '" found in the "' .. paramName .. paramNum .. '" parameter' return false, msg end -- Get the title object. This also checks for invalid titles that aren't -- covered by the previous check. local titleObj = mw.title.new(page) if not titleObj then local msg = 'Invalid title detected in parameter "' .. paramName .. paramNum .. '"; check for [[Wikipedia:Page name#' .. 'Technical restrictions and limitations|invalid characters]]' return false, msg end -- Check for interwiki links. Titles with interwikis make valid title -- objects, but cannot be created on the local wiki. local interwiki = titleObj.interwiki if interwiki and interwiki ~= '' then local msg = 'Invalid title detected in parameter "' .. paramName .. paramNum .. '"; has [[Help:Interwiki linking|interwiki prefix]] "' .. titleObj.interwiki .. ':"' return false, msg end return true, titleObj end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Validate title entry point (used at [[Template:RMassist/core]]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function p.validateTitle(frame) local value = frame.args[1] local validTitle, currentTitle = validateTitle(value or '', '1', '') if not validTitle then -- If invalid, the second parameter is the error message. return currentTitle end return 'yes' end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Confirm protection levels (used at [[Template:Requested move/dated]]) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function p.protected(frame) local args = getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) if args.protected then local levels = mw.title.new(args.protected).protectionLevels local levelMove = levels['move'] and levels['move'][1] local levelEdit = levels['edit'] and levels['edit'][1] local levelCreate = levels['create'] and levels['create'][1] if levelMove == 'sysop' or levelEdit == 'sysop' or levelEdit == 'editprotected' or levelCreate == 'sysop' then return 'sysop' elseif levelMove == 'templateeditor' or levelEdit == 'templateeditor' or levelCreate == 'templateeditor' then return 'templateeditor' end end end -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Main function -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function p.main(frame) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Initialise variables and preprocess the arguments ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- local args = getArgs(frame, {parentOnly = true}) local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle() --[[ -- To iterate over the current1, new1, current2, new2, ... arguments -- we get an array of tables sorted by number and compressed so that -- it can be traversed with ipairs. The table format looks like this: -- { -- {current = x, new = y, num = 1}, -- {current = z, new = q, num = 2}, -- ... -- } -- The "num" field is used to correctly preserve the number of the parameter -- that was used, in case users skip any numbers in the invocation. -- -- The current1 parameter is a special case, as it does not need to be -- specified. To avoid clashes with later current parameters, we need to -- add it to the args table manually. -- -- Also, we allow the first positional parameter to be an alias for the -- new1 parameter, so that the syntax for the old templates -- {{requested move}} and {{move-multi}} will both be supported. -- -- The "multi" variable tracks whether we are using the syntax previously -- produced by {{requested move}}, or the syntax previously produced by -- {{move-multi}}. For the former, multi is false, and for the latter it is -- true. --]] if not args.current1 then args.current1 = title.subjectPageTitle.prefixedText end -- Find the first new page title, if specified, and keep a record of the -- prefix used to make it; the prefix will be used later to make error -- messages. local firstNewParam if args.new1 then firstNewParamPrefix = 'new' elseif args[1] then args.new1 = args[1] firstNewParamPrefix = '' else firstNewParamPrefix = '' end -- Build the sorted argument table. local argsByNum = {} for k, v in pairs(args) do k = tostring(k) local prefix, num = k:match('^(%l*)([1-9][0-9]*)$') if prefix == 'current' or prefix == 'new' then num = tonumber(num) local subtable = argsByNum[num] or {} subtable[prefix] = v subtable.num = num argsByNum[num] = subtable end end argsByNum = tableTools.compressSparseArray(argsByNum) -- Calculate the number of arguments and whether we are dealing with a -- multiple nomination. local argsByNumCount = #argsByNum local multi = (argsByNumCount >= 2) --[[ -- Validate new params. -- This check ensures we don't have any absent new parameters, and that -- users haven't simply copied in the values from the documentation page. --]] if multi then for i, t in ipairs(argsByNum) do local new = t.new local num = t.num if not new or new == 'New title for page ' .. tostring(num) then argsByNum[i].new = defaultNewPagename end end else local new = argsByNum[1].new if not new or new == 'NewName' then argsByNum[1].new = defaultNewPagename end end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Error checks ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Subst check if not mw.isSubsting() then local lb = mw.text.nowiki('{{') local rb = mw.text.nowiki('}}') local msg = '<strong class="error">' .. 'This template must be [[Wikipedia:Template substitution|substituted]];' .. ' replace %srequested move%s with %ssubst:requested move%s' .. '</strong>' msg = string.format(msg, lb, rb, lb, rb) return msg end -- Check we are on a talk page if not title.isTalkPage then local msg = '[[Template:Requested move]] must be used in a TALKSPACE, e.g., [[%s:%s]]' msg = string.format(msg, mw.site.namespaces[title.namespace].talk.name, title.text) return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Check the arguments local currentDupes, newDupes = {}, {} for i, t in ipairs(argsByNum) do local current = t.current local new = t.new local num = t.num local validCurrent local currentTitle local subjectSpace -- Check for invalid or missing currentn parameters -- This check must come first, as mw.title.new will give an error if -- it is given invalid input. if not current then local msg = '"current%d" parameter missing;' .. ' please add it or remove the "new%d" parameter' msg = string.format(msg, num, num) return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Get the currentn title object, and check for invalid titles. This check -- must come before the namespace and existence checks, as they will -- produce script errors if the title object doesn't exist. validCurrent, currentTitle = validateTitle(current, 'current', num) if not validCurrent then -- If invalid, the second parameter is the error message. local msg = currentTitle return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Category namespace check subjectSpace = mw.site.namespaces[currentTitle.namespace].subject.id if subjectSpace == 14 then local msg = '[[Template:Requested move]] is not for categories,' .. ' see [[Wikipedia:Categories for discussion]]' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) -- File namespace check elseif subjectSpace == 6 then local msg = '[[Template:Requested move]] is not for files;' .. ' see [[Wikipedia:Moving a page#Moving a file page]]' .. ' (use [[Template:Rename media]] instead)' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) -- Draft and User namespace check elseif subjectSpace == 2 or subjectSpace == 118 then local msg = '[[Template:Requested move]] is not for moves from draft or user space.' .. '<br>If you would like to submit your draft for review, add <code>{{tlf|subst:submit}}</code>' .. 'to the top of the page.' .. '<br>Otherwise, see [[Help:How to move a page]] for instructions.' .. '<br>If you cannot move it yourself, see [[Wikipedia:Requested moves#Requesting technical moves|Requesting technical moves]].' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Request to move a single page must be placed on that page's talk, or the page it redirects to if not multi and args.current1 ~= title.subjectPageTitle.prefixedText then local idealpage = mw.title.new(args.current1).talkPageTitle local rtarget = mRedirect.getTarget(idealpage) if rtarget == title.prefixedText then multi = true else local msg = 'Request to move a single page must be placed on that page\'s talk or the page its talk redirects to' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end end -- Check for non-existent titles. if not currentTitle.exists then local msg = 'Must create [[:%s]] before requesting that it be moved' msg = string.format(msg, current) return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Check for duplicate current titles -- We know the id isn't zero because we have already checked for -- existence. local currentId = currentTitle.id if currentDupes[currentId] then local msg = 'Duplicate title detected ("' .. currentTitle.prefixedText .. '"); cannot move the same page to two different places' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) else currentDupes[currentId] = true end -- Check for invalid new titles. This check must come before the -- duplicate title check for new titles, as it will produce a script -- error if the title object doesn't exist. local validNew, newTitle = validateTitle( new, multi and 'new' or firstNewParamPrefix, num ) if not validNew then -- If invalid, the second parameter is the error message. local msg = newTitle return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) end -- Check for duplicate new titles. -- We can't use the page_id, as new pages might not exist, and therefore -- multiple pages may have an id of 0. Use the prefixedText as a -- reasonable fallback. We also need to check that we aren't using the -- default new page name, as we don't want it to be treated as a duplicate -- page if more than one new page name has been omitted. local newPrefixedText = newTitle.prefixedText if newPrefixedText ~= defaultNewPagename then if newDupes[newPrefixedText] then local msg = 'Duplicate title detected ("' .. newTitle.prefixedText .. '"); cannot move two different pages to the same place' return err(msg, argsByNum, args.reason, argsByNumCount) else newDupes[newPrefixedText] = true end end end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Check for page protection ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- local highestProtection = '' local protectedTitle = '' -- Checking page protection requires use of .protectionLevels(), one of the -- "expensive" parser functions, which stop working after 500 uses total. -- Without some limit set, this starts breaking near 250 distinct titles. local titleLimit = 80 local titlesChecked = 0 local titles = {} -- Consolidate duplicate titles (i.e., when moving A to B and B to C) for i = 1,argsByNumCount do titles[mw.title.new(argsByNum[i]['current'])] = true titles[mw.title.new(argsByNum[i]['new'])] = true end -- Check each title t, while ignoring the "true" value for t, _ in pairs(titles) do if titlesChecked < titleLimit then local levels = t.protectionLevels titlesChecked = titlesChecked + 1 local levelMove = levels['move'] and levels['move'][1] local levelEdit = levels['edit'] and levels['edit'][1] local levelCreate = levels['create'] and levels['create'][1] if levelMove == 'sysop' or levelEdit == 'sysop' or levelEdit == 'editprotected' or levelCreate == 'sysop' then highestProtection = 'sysop' protectedTitle = tostring(t) break elseif levelMove == 'templateeditor' or levelEdit == 'templateeditor' or levelCreate == 'templateeditor' then highestProtection = 'templateeditor' protectedTitle = tostring(t) end else -- End the "for" loop if the titleLimit is reached break end end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Generate the heading ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- For custom values of |heading=, use those. -- For |heading=no, |heading=n, etc., don't include a heading. -- Otherwise use the current date as a heading. local heading = args.heading or args.header local useHeading = yesno(heading, heading) if heading and useHeading == heading then heading = '== ' .. heading .. ' ==\n\n' elseif useHeading == false then heading = '' else local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage() local headingDate = lang:formatDate('j F Y') heading = '== Requested move ' .. headingDate .. ' ==\n\n' end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Build the {{requested move/dated}} invocation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- local rmd = {} rmd[#rmd + 1] = '{{requested move/dated' if multi then rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|multiple=yes' rmd[#rmd + 1] = '\n|current1=' .. argsByNum[1].current end --[[ -- The first new title. This is used both by single and by multi; for single -- it is the only parameter used. For single the parameter name is the first -- positional parameter, and for multi the parameter name is "new1". --]] local new1param = multi and 'new1=' or '' rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|' .. new1param .. argsByNum[1].new -- Add more arguments for multi. if multi then for i = 2, argsByNumCount do local t = argsByNum[i] local numString = tostring(i) local current = t.current local new = t.new rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|current' .. numString .. '=' .. current rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|new' .. numString .. '=' .. new end end -- Highest page protection (if admin or template-editor) if highestProtection == 'sysop' or highestProtection == 'templateeditor' then rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|protected=' .. protectedTitle end -- Pass through demo=yes to the if args.demo ~= nil then rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|demo=' rmd[#rmd + 1] = args.demo end -- The old multi template always has a bar before the closing curly -- braces, so we will do that too. if multi then rmd[#rmd + 1] = '|' end rmd[#rmd + 1] = '}}' rmd = table.concat(rmd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Generate the list of links to the pages to be moved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- local linkList = {} for i, t in ipairs(argsByNum) do local current = t.current local new = t.new local msg = '\n%s[[:%s]] → ' if new ~= defaultNewPagename then msg = msg .. '{{no redirect|%s}}' else msg = msg .. '%s' end local item = string.format( msg, multi and '* ' or '', -- Don't make a list for single page moves. current, new ) linkList[#linkList + 1] = item end linkList = table.concat(linkList) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Reason and talk blurb ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Reason local reason = args.reason or args[2] or 'Please place your rationale for the proposed move here.' reason = '– ' .. reason if yesno(args.sign or args.sig or args.signature or 'unspecified', not reason:match("~~~$")) then reason = reason .. ' ~~~~' end -- Talk blurb local talk = '' if yesno(args.talk, true) then talk = frame:expandTemplate{title = 'Requested move/talk'} end ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Assemble the output ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- The old templates start with a line break, so we will do that too. local ret = string.format( '\n%s%s\n%s%s%s%s', heading, rmd, linkList, multi and '\n' or ' ', reason, talk ) return ret end return p