Module:Effective protection level

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local p = {}

-- Returns the permission required to perform a given action on a given title.
-- If no title is specified, the title of the page being displayed is used.
function p.main(action, pagename)
	local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
	local title
	if type(pagename) == 'table' then
		title = pagename
		pagename = title.prefixedText
	else
		title = mw.title.new(pagename) or mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
	end
	if action ~= 'edit' and action ~= 'move' and action ~= 'create' and action ~= 'upload' then
		error( 'First parameter must be one of edit, move, create, upload', 2 )
	end
	if title.namespace == 8 then -- MediaWiki namespace
		return 'sysop'
	elseif title.namespace == 2 and ( mw.ustring.find( pagename, '/.*%.js$') or mw.ustring.find( pagename, '/.*%.css$') ) then -- user .js or .css page
		return 'sysop'
	else
		return frame:callParserFunction('PROTECTIONLEVEL', action, pagename)
	end
end

-- Make this usable from wikitext rather than just other lua modules
function p.p(frame)
	local parent = frame:getParent()
	return p.main(frame.args.action or frame.args[1] or parent.args.action or parent.args[1], frame.args.title or frame.args[2] or parent.args.title or parent.args[2])
end

return p