Module:Arbcom election banner

This module generates banner templates for the annual Arbitration Committee elections. To make a banner template for an Arbcom election, add the links to that year's Arbcom election pages as described below, and set the four date parameters. After that, editors can add voting guides using the guiden parameters. Voting guides are displayed in a random order.

Syntax

The full syntax for the template is as follows:

{{#invoke:Arbcom election banner|main
| name          = 
| electionpage  = 
| nomstart      = 
| nomend        = 
| votestart     = 
| voteend       = 
| beforenomlink = 
| nomlink       = 
| votepage      = 
| votelog       = 
| contact       = 
| discuss       = 
| cguide        = 
| cstatements   = 
| cquestions    = 
| cdiscuss      = 
| guide1        = 
| guide2        = 
| guide3        = 
| guide4        = 
| guide5        = 
}}

Parameters

Note - in this section, the string YYYY refers to the current year. Its current value is 2025.

• name - The name of the template. This is needed to make the navbar work properly. Defaults to ACEYYYY.
• electionpage - The main page for the year's Arbcom elections. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY|YYYY Arbitration Committee Elections]].
• nomstart - The date that nominations start. This must be in a format accepted by the #time parser function, e.g. November 11. Template:Red.
• nomend - The deadline for nominations, e.g. November 18. Template:Red.
• votestart - The date that voting begins, e.g. November 23. Template:Red.
• voteend - The date that voting ends, e.g. December 5. Template:Red.
• beforenomlink - Text to be displayed before the nomination period begins. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Electoral Commission|Electoral Commission RFC]].
• nomlink - Text to be displayed while nominations are underway. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Candidates|Nominate]].
• votepage - The link to the SecurePoll voting page. Defaults to [[Special:SecurePoll]].
• votelog - The link to the voting log. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Log|Voter log]].
• votelink - A link to display during the voting period. Defaults to the voting page and the voting log, and can safely be left blank.
• contact - Link to the coordinator contact page. Defaults to [[WT:COORDYY|Contact the coordinators]], where YY is the third and fourth digits of the current year.
• discuss - Link to the election discussion page. Defaults to [[WT:ACEYYYY|Discuss the elections]].
• cguide - Link to the candidate guide. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Candidates/Guide|Candidate guide]].
• cstatements - Link to the candidate statements page. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Candidates|Candidate statements]].
• cquestions - Link to the candidate questions page. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Questions|Questions for the candidates]].
• cdiscuss - Link to the candidate discussion page. Defaults to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December YYYY/Candidates/Discussion|Discuss the candidates]].
• guide1, guide2, guide3, ... - links to voting guides. These will be displayed in random order.

---

local messageBox = require('Module:Message box')
local navbarModule = require('Module:Navbar')

local p = {}

-- Get constants.
local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
local currentUnixDate = lang:formatDate('U')
currentUnixDate = tonumber(currentUnixDate)

local function err(msg)
	return mw.ustring.format('<b class="error">%s</b>', msg)
end

local function getUnixDate(date)
	local success, unixDate = pcall(lang.formatDate, lang, 'U', date)
	if success then
		return tonumber(unixDate)
	end
end

local function unixDateError(date)
	return err(tostring(date) .. ' is not a valid date.')
end

local function makeOmbox(oargs)
	return messageBox.main('ombox', oargs)
end

local function makeNavbar(name)
	return navbarModule.navbar{name, mini = '1'}
end

local function randomizeArray(t)
	-- Iterate through the array backwards, each time swapping the entry "i" with a random entry.
	-- Courtesy of Xinhuan at http://forums.wowace.com/showthread.php?p=279756
	math.randomseed(mw.site.stats.edits)
	for i = #t, 2, -1 do
		local r = math.random(i)
		t[i], t[r] = t[r], t[i]
	end
	return t
end

local function getArgNums(args, prefix)
	-- Returns a table containing the numbers of the arguments that exist for the specified prefix. For example, if the prefix
	-- was 'data', and 'data1', 'data2', and 'data5' exist, it would return {1, 2, 5}.
	local nums = {}
	for k, v in pairs(args) do
		k = tostring(k)
		local num = mw.ustring.match(k, '^' .. prefix .. '([1-9]%d*)$')
		if num then
			table.insert(nums, tonumber(num))
		end
	end
	table.sort(nums)
	return nums
end

local function showBeforeDate(datePairs)
	-- Shows a value if it is before a given date.
	for i, datePair in ipairs(datePairs) do
		local date = datePair.date
		local val = datePair.val
		if not date then -- No date specified, so assume we have no more dates to process.
			return val
		end
		local unixDate = getUnixDate(date)
		if not unixDate then return unixDateError(date) end
		if currentUnixDate < unixDate then -- The specified date is in the future.
			return val
		end
	end
end

local function countdown(date, event)
	if type(event) ~= 'string' then return err('No event name provided.') end
	-- Get the current date unix timestamp.
	local unixDate = getUnixDate(date)
	if not unixDate then return unixDateError(date) end
	unixDate = tonumber(unixDate)
	-- Subtract the timestamp from the current unix timestamp to find the time left, and output that in a readable way.
	local secondsLeft = unixDate - currentUnixDate
	if secondsLeft <= 0 then return end
	local timeLeft = lang:formatDuration(secondsLeft, {'weeks', 'days', 'hours'})
	-- Find whether we are plural or not.
	local isOrAre
	if mw.ustring.match(timeLeft, '^%d+') == '1' then
		isOrAre = 'is'
	else
		isOrAre = 'are'
	end
	-- Make the numbers red and bold, because that's what {{countdown}} does and it makes them look important.
	local timeLeft = mw.ustring.gsub(timeLeft, '(%d+)', '<span style="color: #F00; font-weight: bold;">%1</span>')
	-- Make the refresh link, and join it all together.
	local refreshLink = mw.title.getCurrentTitle():fullUrl{action = 'purge'}
	refreshLink = mw.ustring.format('<small><span class="plainlinks">([%s refresh])</span></small>', refreshLink)
	return mw.ustring.format('There %s %s until %s. %s', isOrAre, timeLeft, event, refreshLink)
end

local function collapse(s, heading, bg)
	local ret = [=[
<div style="margin-left: 0px;">
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="width:100%%; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid silver; margin-top: 0.2em;"
|-
! style="background-color: %s; text-align: center;" | %s
|-
| style="border: solid 1px silver; padding: 8px; background-color: white;" | %s
|}</div>]=]
	return mw.ustring.format(ret, bg or '#e0f8e2', heading, s)
end

function p._main(args)
	-- Get data for the box, plus the box title.
	local year = lang:formatDate('Y')
	local name = args.name or 'ACE' .. year
	local navbar = makeNavbar(name)
	local electionpage = args.electionpage or mw.ustring.format(
		'[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s|%s Arbitration Committee Elections]]',
		year, year
	)
	-- Get nomination or voting link, depending on the date.
	local beforenomlink = args.beforenomlink or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Electoral Commission|Electoral Commission RFC]]', year)
	local nomstart = args.nomstart or error('No nomstart date supplied')
	local nomlink = args.nomlink or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Candidates|Nominate]]', year)
	local nomend = args.nomend or error('No nomend date supplied')
	local votestart = args.votestart or error('No votestart date supplied')
	local votepage = args.votepage or '[[Special:SecurePoll|Cast your vote]]'
	local votelog = args.votelog or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Log|Voter log]]', year)
	local votelink = args.votelink or mw.ustring.format("'''%s'''\n* %s", votepage, votelog)
	local voteend = args.voteend or error('No voteend date supplied')
	local voteendlink = args.voteendlink or votelog
	local scheduleText = showBeforeDate{
		{val = beforenomlink, date = nomstart},
		{val = nomlink, date = nomend},
		{val = countdown(votestart, 'voting begins'), date = votestart},
		{val = votelink, date = voteend},
		{val = voteendlink}
	}
	-- Get other links.
	local contact = args.contact or mw.ustring.format('[[WT:COORD%s|Contact the coordinators]]', mw.ustring.sub(year, 3, 4))
	local discuss = args.discuss or mw.ustring.format('[[WT:ACE%s|Discuss the elections]]', year)
	local cguide = args.cguide or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Candidates/Guide|Candidate guide]]', year)
	local cstatements = args.cstatements or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Candidates|Candidate statements]]', year)
	local cquestions = args.cquestions or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Questions|Questions for the candidates]]', year)
	local cdiscuss = args.cdiscuss or mw.ustring.format('[[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee Elections December %s/Candidates/Discussion|Discuss the candidates]]', year)
	-- Get voter guides
	local guideNums = getArgNums(args, 'guide')
	local guides = {}
	for _, num in ipairs(guideNums) do
		table.insert(guides, '\n* ' .. args['guide' .. tostring(num)])
	end
	guides = randomizeArray(guides)
	guides = table.concat(guides)
	guides = '<div class="hlist">\nThese [[:Category:Wikipedia Arbitration Committee Elections 2022 voter guides|guides]] represent the thoughts of their authors. All individually written voter guides are eligible for inclusion. Guides to other guides are ineligible.\n' .. guides .. '</div>'
	guides = collapse(guides, 'Personal voter guides', '#e0f8e2')
	-- Get the text field of ombox.
	local text = [=[
<div style="float: right">%s</div><div class="hlist">
* '''%s'''
* %s
* %s
* %s
* [[Wikipedia:5-minute guide to ArbCom elections|Quick guide]]</div>
----
<div class="hlist">
; Candidates
: %s
: %s
: %s
: %s</div>
%s]=]
	text = mw.ustring.format(
		text,
		navbar,
		electionpage,
		scheduleText,
		contact,
		discuss,
		cguide,
		cstatements,
		cquestions,
		cdiscuss,
		guides
	)
	-- Build the ombox args
	local oargs = {}
	oargs.image = args.image or '[[File:Judges cupola.svg|50px|ArbCom|link=]]'
	oargs.style = args.style or 'background-color: #e0f8e2'
	oargs.text = text
	return makeOmbox(oargs)		
end
 
function p.main(frame)
        -- If called via #invoke, use the args passed into the invoking template, or the args passed to #invoke if any exist.
        -- Otherwise assume args are being passed directly in from the debug console or from another Lua module.
        local origArgs
        if frame == mw.getCurrentFrame() then
                origArgs = frame:getParent().args
                for k, v in pairs(frame.args) do
                        origArgs = frame.args
                        break
                end
        else
                origArgs = frame
        end
        -- Trim whitespace and remove blank arguments.
        local args = {}
        for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
                if type(v) == 'string' then
                        v = mw.text.trim(v)
                end
                if v ~= '' then
                        args[k] = v
                end
        end
        return p._main(args)
end
 
return p