REQUEST: variables {{PAGEEDITOR}} and more - Wikitech-l

26 Aug 2004


      I need more variables than the current ones (see 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Variable )
especially needed are:
{{{PAGEEDITOR}}}
{{{PAGEEDITTIMESTAMPUTC}}}
{{{PAGEEDITOREMAILADDR}}}
{{{PAGEEDITTIMELOCALTIMEOFEDITOR}}}
to be used in templates.
Imagine a Personal View Disclaimer template called Template:PVD . It can 
be referenced on any page as {{PVD}} .
But this template shall end up with the current NAME OF THE PAGE EDITOR 
who used this template on a page Z !
<div id="toc" style="background:#F2F8F8;border-width:1px 1px 1px 
1px;">''[[PersonalViewDisclaimer|Personal View Disclaimer]]:''
The content of this page represents my personal opinions. It does not 
represent the view of my employer, or any one else, for that matter, in 
any way. My thoughts and opinions may change over time. Old entries do 
not necessarily reflect my current thinking. {{{PAGEEDITOR}}}</div>
I hope, that you understand, what I mean. I could not find a solution to 
solve my problem. Reading the source of 1.3.1 and 
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Variable I guess, the patch is not 
that difficult, and the above mentioned variables can easily be 
retrieved from the database tables and are an amelioration of MediaWiki.
Tom