Extension:Contributors

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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.

**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	2.1 (2023年09月22日)
Compatibility policy	Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki	1.35-1.39
PHP	7.3+
Database changes	Yes
Tables contributors
Parameters $wgContributorsLinkUsers
Hooks used ArticleRevisionVisibilitySet LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates PageSaveComplete ParserFirstCallInit SidebarBeforeOutput SkinTemplateToolboxEnd
Licence	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git ^[?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
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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 move the extracted Contributors folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cdextensions/
gitclonehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Contributors
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'Contributors' );
```
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)