"BV" == Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com writes:
Me> So, I'd like to add a little block of attribution data to each Me> page (optional, per-installation; I'm guessing Wikipedia Me> wouldn't use this).
BV> The clear problem with this is that it doesn't scale well. The BV> list will increase and increase and increase on popular pages, BV> and on some pages could literally contain hundreds, maybe BV> thousands of distinct names.
This is a good point, and one I was trying to finesse by not thinking about it. B-)
BV> It would probably be a good idea to limit it to the last N BV> editors, where N is some sensible number.
Maybe limit it to N, and if there's overflow put it on a separate page.
Actually, that'd be a good way to set the global variable:
$wgMaxAttributions = 0;
...means don't show this little paragraph at all.
~ESP