Issue:Select based on template parameter value

Description:	Select articles based on the value of a template parameter
Extension / Version:	DPL   /   1.8.9
Type / Status:	Change Request   /   open

Problem

After using DPL for years, the biggest feature that is missing (in my opinion) is an easy way to select articles based on the value of a template parameter. For example:

<dpl>
uses = Template:MyTemplate
templateparameter = MyTemplate,P=6
<dpl>

would mean, "select all articles that transclude Template:MyTemplate and pass the value 6 to the template parameter P."

I realize you can hack this kind of solution using includepage and regular expressions, but it is very painful and hard to get right.

Reply

I think this is a very good idea. Maybe it is possible to add this parameter and then internally derive the correct regexp from the setting of this parameter. I will check this when I start work at the next release. Currently I am not very active in developing DPL because (a) I have a lot of other things to do and (b) I want to wait for MW 1.16 to be published as a stable release.

BTW: The value given at P=... could still be interpreted as a regexp. I don't think it MUST be an exact comparison ...

If you want to integrate that feature you could do it based on the current sources in svn. Gero 23:37, 19 April 2010 (UTC)