Re: Protection expiry

John <[email protected]>
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If you embed that module in the protection template you can achieve what
you need. It’s what enwiki already does.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM Strainu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks a lot for the response John! Unfortunately the module itself
> assumes the title of the page is known, which is exactly what I'm missing.
> However, if nothing better comes up, I'll just use the tracking category
> for unprotected pages. Probably not perfect, but better than what I had.
>
> Strainu
>
> În mar., 7 oct. 2025 la 17:04, John <[email protected]> a scris:
>
>> Take a look at enwiki’s Module:Protection banner. It has some code for
>> this
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM Strainu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm trying to automate wrangling protection templates. Adding them is
>>> trivial, but I'm having issues with the removal. The best I have is go
>>> waaay back on protections, check the expiration date and see if the page is
>>> still protected. But that's both expensive and useless for long-term
>>> protections.
>>>
>>> Is there any event/notification/anything at all available through the
>>> API that would allow me to know which pages' protection expired recently
>>> without keeping a list of protected pages?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>    Strainu
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