Extension:Contributorlist
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Revision as of 19:36, 13 March 2011 by Gregor Hagedorn (Talk | contribs) (The code of the contributorlist is by Andreas Plank, most of this documentation as well (with additions by Gregor Hagedorn). Page moved from test wiki to here)
To obtain a list of contributors for a wiki page the parser function {{#contributorlist: }} may be used. The results are alphabetical by last name[1] Here are some examples:
{{#contributorlist: }} (default: current page, all contributors separated by comma)
produces for this page: Gregor Hagedorn
{{#contributorlist: Main Page }} with an explicit page name
produces: Gregor Hagedorn
{{#contributorlist: Main Page | 3 }} starting with the 3rd contributor
produces:
{{#contributorlist: Main Page | 2 | 4 }} (2nd to 4th contributor)
produces:
It is also possible to use a different delimiter (for example “;” or “/”):
{{#contributorlist: Main Page | 1 | 30 | / }} contributors 1-30 separated by a slash “/”
produces: Gregor Hagedorn
Note that white space is always trimmed, so one may have to use for non-breaking space or   for normal space.
Finally we can also use line breaks in the delimiter:
{{#contributorlist: Main Page | 1 | 30 | <br/> }}
produces: Gregor Hagedorn
Footnotes
- ↑ “last name” for sorting purposes is difficult to unambiguously define across all cultures. Here it is defined as: the last whitespace-separated word in the first part of the string prior to any brackets or commas. Example (word recognized as last name in bold): “John M. Smith-Wesson (Ph.D.)”, “Smith-Wesson, John M.”, Roberta Morido Castellan. Note that the last example may be a case of erroneous sorting, which is difficult to automate.
