https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27629
Summary: List of authors
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.15.2
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: blocker
Priority: Normal
Component: History/Diffs
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: hofm...@aldebaran.cz
There is no independent list of authors for each article in Mediawiki. I
consider this to be a showstopper since exporting the list of authors from
history causes that:
1) also vandals and others users who added nothing into the article are listed,
and
2) external authors cannot be credited in a "standard" way.
Both points are severe problems which lead to unsolvable license problems when
importing stuff into Wikipedia articles and also some wikipedians refuse to
improve the article because they don't want to be listed altogether with people
who destroy their work.
The problem is very visible when exporting the articles from Mediawiki, for
example into pdf documents.
On the other hand I feel this can be fixed relatively easily.
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