Forum:Is there a MagicWord like CREATIONUSER


 * Context: pages in the File: namespace that use the license template Self whether selected at time of upload or assigned later on

The thought occurred to me that the name of the person who originally uploaded the file might be able to be obtained via some MagicWord or DOM property and substituted into the CC-BY-SA license notice. This is not essential because anybody wanting to trace who "Self" refers to can relatively easily view the page history to discover the name of the user who uploaded the file. There is a small risk that a user who merely edited the text on the page is mistakenly attributed.


 * The nearest thing to this magicword is   however, that could be so easily abused by some random user making trivial edits to touch lots of pages in the File: namespace.
 * In the DOM the nearest thing is wgUserName but that is always the current user viewing a page.
 * In WML terms what I suppose I want is the equivalent of ~ ~ ~ passed to the Self template as a parameter. However, the only place within the Special:Upload UI to enter such a comment is in the Summary field.


 * Current workaround: The best I have managed to date is to include these words in the Self template.
 * For correct attribution please see the file upload history.

If you have any tips or ideas then please share. My searches here at Wikia as well as over at MediaWiki and via Google have come up empty but then it always hinges on choosing the right keyword to search by!

-- najevi 05:01, November 9, 2009 (UTC)


 * Najevi, best I can recommend is get directly in contact with MediaWiki's development team about whether they already built a functionality in or polite request they consider such an idea. It's a good one, but I believe Wikia never designed anything independently from MediaWiki about that one. --DaNASCAT 16:40, November 9, 2009 (UTC)