Is there a magic word, extension, or query of some sort that allows a user to bring back the username of the original author of an article? Is there one that does the same but for the current (last) author of the article?
Bobby S wrote:
Is there a magic word, extension, or query of some sort that allows a user to bring back the username of the original author of an article?
No. Mediawiki doesn't have any concept of "original author". Keep in mind that old revisions can come and go.
Is there one that does the same but for the current (last) author of the article?
That's bug 10336 (or perhaps bug 12733, a duplicate imho)
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