Kind of follow-up to T11947, it would be very practical to have variables returning the expiration date for a protection, e.g. {{PROTECTIONEXPIRY:edit}}, and returning indefinite if the protection is indefinite.
Expiries are often forgotten in protection templates, or wrongly applied. This would make the precision of expiry automated.
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| Add magic word for protection expiry | mediawiki/core | master | +33 -3 |
lunasantin wrote:
(patched against r63544)
Outputs a timestamp if the page is protected ("infinity" if protection is indef), or an empty string if the page is not currently protected.
As a side note, this is my first patch submission. Be gentle?
attachment 17354.diff ignored as obsolete
lunasantin wrote:
patched against r64623
Submitting a revised patch, per feedback from MediaWiki-General
Change is now made in CoreParserFunctions.php, so that protectionexpiry will be next to and in the same style as the pre-existing protectionlevel function.
Attached:
sumanah wrote:
Luna, I apologize for the wait! Thanks for the patch. Are you interested in updating it and in using developer access to directly suggest it into our Git source control system?
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Git/Workflow#How_to_submit_a_patch
Change 255717 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cenarium):
Add magic word for protection expiry