jopiswezggzmw wrote:

Proposed patch

I've taken a stab at trying to do this. INDEX includes the page in [[Category:Indexed pages]] and NOINDEX includes the page in [[Category:Non-indexed pages]].

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jopiswezggzmw wrote:

Define category names

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happy_melon wrote:

This categorises even if the action of INDEX__/NOINDEX__ is disabled by $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl, doesn't it? From the fixmes in OutputPage.php, looks like the whole thing could do with an overhaul.

jopiswezggzmw wrote:

Proposed patch

New patch checks if the namespace is ExemptFromUserRobotsControl.

If it is then Parser.php does not add the category or setIndexPolicy, which (I think) makes the check on OutputPage.php redundant.

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jopiswezggzmw wrote:

Factoring in ArticleRobotPolicies

I could kill two birds with one stone here.

It should now work like this;

1. Check if the page has a policy defined in $wgArticleRobotPolicies - if it does not code will be executed so the page will not be added to the category and the new Index/Noindex policy will not be set.

2. If not then check $wgExemptFromUserRobotsControl - if the namespace has a local policy then the policy will not be set.

3. If not, check if NOINDEX/INDEX tags are in use

4. If so then add it to the appropriate category and set the policy.

This is the first time I've really played around with MediaWiki's code so I don't know if it will work as intended but this should also solve the problem of NOINDEX/INDEX overriding a policy set in $wgArticleRobotPolicies.

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jopiswezggzmw wrote:

Proposed patch v4

Tidied up the code a little.

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jopiswezggzmw wrote:

New patch

Some improvements

Attached:

Wouldn't it be a better idea to track this stuff in the page_props table, like we do with HIDDENCAT ?

jopiswezggzmw wrote:

HIDDENCAT also adds the page to [[Category:Hidden categories]].

happy.melon.wiki wrote:

*YES*. This is the *perfect* solution. The situation is very similar, it's a 'property' that applies to individual pages that can be stored coherently in the page_props table, and the db query can be done in OutputPage.php rather than the parser. Is [[Category:Hidden categories]] populated 'normally', with links in the categorylinks table? Or is it generated entirely from page_props? There's probably no reason why a [[Category:Noindexed pages]] can't be dynamically-generated; it would additionally allow the categorisation to be filtered by NOINDEX tags that are functional (are suppressing indexing) and those that are not (ie are being overridden by other policies). This would make resolving bug14900 very much easier, as well. Great idea, Roan!

jopiswezggzmw wrote:

[[Category:Hidden categories]] is populated using the categorylinks table. My patch resolves bug14900 anyway (if the page is in $wgArticleRobotPolicies then NOINDEX/INDEX have no effect) but perhaps using page_props would be better.

happy.melon.wiki wrote:

done in r56688.