Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-3537355-20140719135223/@comment-452-20140719140353

If you watch closely, the page originally says, then changes to be your username. This indicates that it is done with javascript, so you need to find the script, and license it.


 * http://clubpenguin.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js - search for: .insertusername

I recall that starwars.wikia does the same thing, so let's look there too:
 * http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js - search for .insertusername

They are similar, but not exactly the same, so you can choose which to use.

I notice that the starwars version doesn't attribute a source, so I can't tell which is the newer version.
 * http://bloons.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js got it from
 * http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js/insertusername.js which says
 * Originally by Splarka, then by Spang,
 * This (jQuery) version by Joeyaa, written to be backwards compatible

I would believe that, as there are many scripts originally by Splarka.
 * Originally added to avatar 2009 (diff) but no indication where the script was copied from, so I can't follow the trail any further.

I hate having to follow breadcrumbs like this - I'm pretty sure all authors are supposed to be attributed, especially the original.

edit: There is also a dev wiki version: http://dev.wikia.com/wiki/Insertables it closely matches the starwars version, but it doesn't attribute any source either.

edit: At the time the attribution vanished, the function was still identical. It was later completely rewritten. (There is some debate whether complete rewrites should be attributed, but I think that when a function exists, and is completely written but has the exact same functionality, it is still a derivative.)
 * The starwars version was added in 2007 by Sikon, and originally credited uncyclopedia. diff
 * When it was moved to Functions.js, the attribution mysteriously vanished.diff


 * Using the uncyclopedia and Spang clues, I found where Spang added his username: diff
 * And here is Splaka's original script: diff

Odd that every script which credits Splaka says Splarka - ah, Splarka was renamed Splaka.

Edit: although they originated from the same script, they were rewritten by different people.
 * Grunny rewrote on starwars: diff and diff
 * Joeyaa rewrote on avatar: diff

So, credit different people depending on which version you use:
 * starwars version, credit Splarka and Spang from encyclopedia, and Grunny from starwars.
 * avatar version, credit Splarka and Spang from encyclopedia, and Joeyaa from avatar