Pinging – Module with functions for any kind of user lists, especially for echo pings.

All functions expect the parameter list from the template transclusion which will embed them. #invoke has no parameters, if not explicitly mentioned. Anything is optional if not explicitly mentioned.

Whitespace ahead and after any content is ignored.

All functions listing users (ping, noping, massmessage) support common optional parameters. They may be provided both with #invoke as default for a certain template as well as for a particular transclusion – the latter takes precedence.

:

Postfix character/string.

Default: :

Empty assignment makes it disappear.

Terminating or leading _ will be displayed as simple space.

p

Like : (legacy).

@

Prefix character/string.

Default: @

Empty assignment makes it disappear.

Terminating or leading _ will be displayed as simple space.

/

Separator character/string.

Default: like  |_

Terminating or leading _ will be displayed as simple space.


 will be turned into line breaks.

Create a list of user page links from a list of nicks, which should trigger echo mention if occurring in a signed section.

1

User nick (no leading user:).

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ...

Any number of user nicks.

labeln

Assign different displayed link title to nick n.

Legacy for enwiki.

max

0 – Do not show error message if maxecho exceeded.

Chose another limit than by system.

May turn user name list into linklist for other purposes.

Available for both #invoke and template transclusion; the latter takes precedence.

Default: Show error if 50 exceeded.

Like ping, but all links as URL. No mentioning by echo, therefore max out of scope.

Retrieve a list of recipients from a list of massmessage targets. This function is „expensive“. The usage of expensive functions per page is limited to 500.

1

Source page, one of

• local page name
• heading #, followed by curid (pageid) surviving page moves.

Available for #invoke only.

Mandatory.

2

List title, will be linked to source page.

Must not contain links.

Members will be shown if omitted.

If _ provided nothing visual will be displayed.

Available for #invoke only.

@

Parameter may be used to show both list title and members.

max

0 – Do not show error message if maxecho exceeded.

Chose another limit than by system.

May turn user name list into linklist for other purposes.

Available for both #invoke and template transclusion; the latter takes precedence.

Default: Show error if 50 exceeded.

subst

Requires that #invoke is directly preceeded by subst: if set in any mode.

Available for #invoke only.

Supposed to be the name of the top including page (template title) which will be shown in error message.

On defining pages, the parser function call {{#target: is supposed to be downcased, with no spaces within.

The parser functions need to be present within the page source itself, not indirectly via templates.

{{#target:Benutzer:PerfektesChaos}}
{{#target:Project:Noticeboard|en.wikipedia.org}}

Just tell the current limitation for pinged users by a single edit: 50

Version identification on this wiki: 2022-11-14

A test page illustrates practical use.

Some functions may be used by other modules:

local lucky, Pinging = pcall( require, "Module:Pinging" )
if type( Pinging ) == "table" then
    mw.log( Pinging.maxecho() )
else
    -- error; Pinging contains error message
    return "<span class=\"error\">" .. Pinging .. "</span>"
end

If succeeded there are available:

failsafe()

Returns string with ID.

massmessage( args, args2 )

args – table with parameters for #invoke as listed above

args2 – optional table with parameters like for a transclusion

Returns string.

maxecho()

Returns string with digits.

General library; no limitations.

• Mediawiki:Echo-notification-count – Message if number of echo recipients exceeded