MediaWiki extensions manual
Contributors
Release status: unmaintained
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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Parameters
  • $wgContributorsLinkUsers
Hooks used
  • ArticleRevisionVisibilitySet
  • LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates
  • PageSaveComplete
  • ParserFirstCallInit
  • SidebarBeforeOutput
  • SkinTemplateToolboxEnd
Quarterly downloads 10 (Ranked 160th)
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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 Contributors in your extensions/ folder.
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file: 
    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
  • Yes 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

  • $wgContributorsLinkUsers links the user names to their User page. Doesn't affect the Special page, which is always linked. (default true)

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=credits to the url builtin MediaWiki feature
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