Module:Protected edit request/sandbox explained

require('strict')

local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')local makeMessageBox = require('Module:Message box').mainlocal getArgs

local activeBox -- lazily initialized if we get an active request

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Box class definition----------------------------------------------------------------------

local box = box.__index = box

function box.new(protectionType, args) local obj = obj.args = args setmetatable(obj, box) obj.tmboxArgs = -- Used to store arguments to be passed to tmbox by the box:export method. -- Set data fields. obj.tmboxArgs.attrs = return objend

function box:setArg(key, value) -- This sets a value to be passed to tmbox. if key then self.tmboxArgs[key] = value endend

function box:export local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle local skipCheck = yesno(self.args.demo) or yesno(self.args.skiptalk) if not title.isTalkPage and not skipCheck then return '

Error: Protected edit requests can only be made on the talk page.' end

-- String together page names provided local titles = for k, v in pairs(self.args) do if type(k)

'number' then table.insert(titles, self.args[k]) end end local pagesText if #titles

0 then pagesText = elseif #titles

1 and mw.title.getCurrentTitle.subjectPageTitle.fullText

titles[1] then pagesText = else for i, v in pairs(titles) do if i

1 then pagesText = ' to ' elseif i

#titles then pagesText = pagesText .. ' and ' else pagesText = pagesText .. ', ' end end end self:setArg('smalltext', "This edit request" .. pagesText .. " has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request.") self:setArg('small', true) self:setArg('class', 'editrequest') return makeMessageBox('tmbox', self.tmboxArgs)end

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Process arguments and initialise objects----------------------------------------------------------------------

local p =

function p._main(protectionType, args) local boxType = box if not yesno(args.answered or args.ans, true) then if not activeBox then activeBox = require('Module:Protected edit request/active')(box, yesno, makeMessageBox) end boxType = activeBox end local requestBox = boxType.new(protectionType, args) return requestBox:exportend

local mt =

function mt.__index(t, k) if not getArgs then getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs end return function (frame) return t._main(k, getArgs(frame,)) endend

return setmetatable(p, mt)