Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31020477-20170213110214/@comment-168424-20170214190803

Without knowing what specific wiki or the licensing templates being used, a proper answer to your question can't be given. The licensing templates set up varies from wiki to wiki. There is no default template that asks for an author, but you can always check the defaults at w:c:starter:MediaWiki:Licenses.

However, you can specify an author in a licensing template, but only after the fact of selecting the template when you upload. A modified version of Template:Permission would be the best candidate.

If you want Wikia to support an author field when uploading after selecting the appropriate template, you'd need to ask them if they have any plans to do something like this via Special:Contact/general.