Extension:Contributors
This extension is currently not actively maintained! Although it may still work, any bug reports or feature requests will more than likely be ignored. If you are interested in taking on the task of developing and maintaining this extension, you can request repository ownership. As a courtesy, you may want to contact the author. You should also remove this template and list yourself as maintaining the extension in the page's {{extension}} infobox. |
 Release status: unmaintained |
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| Implementation | User activity, Special page |
| Description | Summarizes the most prominent contributors to an article |
| Author(s) | Rob Church (original), Yaron Koren, Ike Hecht |
| Latest version | 2.0 (2015-07-08) |
| MediaWiki | 1.25-1.36 |
| PHP | 5.4+ |
| Database changes | Yes |
| Tables | contributors |
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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| Quarterly downloads | 8 (Ranked 160th) |
| Public wikis using | 177 (Ranked 425th) |
| Translate the Contributors extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The Contributors extension provides an includable special page which summarizes the most prominent contributors to an article. The page can be accessed as a normal special page, or included into other pages to provide an automated list, which is useful for attribution.
Installation
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
Contributorsin yourextensions/folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your
LocalSettings.php:require_once "$IP/extensions/Contributors/Contributors.php";
- Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
- Run the script that will populate the database with contributors from existing articles:
php extensions/Contributors/maintenance/PopulateContributorsTable.php
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
- upgrade:
php extensions/Contributors/maintenance/PopulateContributorsTable.php
Usage
The list can be accessed as a conventional special page, or through inclusion into another page.
Special page
The special page is located at "Special:Contributors" and provides an interface to select an article. You can also access this page using the "main contributors" link in the toolbox when viewing an article; the results for that page will be shown.
Transclusion
You can transclude a list of names into another page using the inclusion mechanism, e.g.
{{Special:Contributors/Article}}
You can also create a template with the following code on it, and add it to your articles.
{{Special:Contributors/{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}
will produce a list of the most prominent contributors to Article.
Parser function
There's also a parser function that displays the contributors in a plain list, like so: Joe, Moe and Jane.
{{#contributors:{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}
You can also filter anons from the list of contributors, like so:
{{#contributors:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|filteranon}}
Parameters
$wgContributorsLinkUserslinks the user names to their User page. Doesn't affect the Special page, which is always linked. (defaulttrue)
See also
- Extension:PageAuthors - Gets a sensible list of the main page authors.
- Extension:ContributionCredits - adds a ==Contributors== footer on each page.
- Extension:DynamicPageList - can produce lists of revision history for multiple articles.
- Extension:Semantic Extra Special Properties - See property
_EUSER. - Manual:$wgMaxCredits - displays credits without requiring an extension, appending
?action=creditsto the url builtin MediaWiki feature