Coming from UseMod wiki software, where this information is always present, I would like to introduce these patches in the coming versions of MediaWiki:
to show and link who edited last the article (or revision) ==========================================================
(1) on every article's footer "This page was last modified on .. (date) by userX(talk)" =========================================================
For this patch the page MediaWiki:lastmodified needs to be modified, add $2 and/or $3 if you wish to display the user and usertalk information and links:
page MediaWiki:lastmodified 1.3.1 Original: "This page was last modified $1." 1.3.1 TG Patch: "This page was last modified $1 by $2 ($3)."
(2) on each article's revision page "Revision as of .. (date) by userX(talk)" =========================================
For this patch the page MediaWiki:revisionasof needs to be modified, add $2 and/or $3 if you wish to display the user and usertalk information and links:
page MediaWiki:revsionasof 1.3.1 Original: "Revision as of $1" 1.3.1 TG Patch: "Revision as of $1 by $2 ($3)"
The patch is for the modules Skin.php and Article.php of version 1.3.1; the patch is ready and will be published soon.
Tom