Extension:Authors

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Authors
Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Description Displays the profile picture for authors of a page
Author(s) Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s) Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version 4.5
Compatibility policy For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.Category:Extensions with long-term support release branches compatibility policy
MediaWiki 1.39 (LTS)Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
License GNU General Public License 3.0 only
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Parameters
  • $wgAuthorsBlacklist
  • $wgAuthorsNamespaceBlacklist
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Authors displays pictures of page editors in the page information.

Usage / Features

Uploading a profile image:

  • Logged-in users can upload a profile picture on their user page.
  • Users can upload or change only their own picture.

On the page information, the images of the authors are displayed according to the following rules:

  • The uploaded profile picture of an author will be shown.
  • If an author hasn't uploaded a profile picture, an individual Avatar will be displayed instead.
  • If the user is anonymous (not logged-in) or the user was deleted, a yellow question mark will appear in the profile picture.

Additional functions:

  • When the mouse hovers over the picture, the username will be shown.
  • Clicking on the picture leads the user to the author's user page.
  • On special pages, the profile pictures will not be displayed.
  • To see the profile pictures, read permissions are required.
  • The behavior switch __NOAUTHORS__ in the wiki text deactivates the function Authors for a single page.

Configuration option:

  • Select the number of authors that is displayed.

Requirements

Authors requires BlueSpice Foundation and Avatars.


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This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security.

You can download this extension with BlueSpice free.

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