User:Eizen/PageCreator

PageCreator
Description	Displays information concerning page's creator and first revision
Author(s)	Eizen
Status	Stable
Updated	August 11, 2017; 6 years ago
Browser support	Developed in Google Chrome
Skin support	Vector; Monobook
Source	User:Eizen/PageCreator.js

This is the documentation page for the PageCreator.js user script.

PageCreator, not be confused with the MediaWiki extension of the same name, is a JavaScript user script that displays data about a page's creator and first revision. The script provides links to the creator's user page, talk page, and contributions page, and displays the date and time of creation as a link to the first revision of the page.

It is meant to be paired with its twin user script LastEditor, with which it shares a similar design appearance and page placement, though it can be used independently.

Installation[edit]

The script may be used in any personal common.js, vector.js, or monobook.js file.

importScript("User:Eizen/PageCreator.js");

It may be imported to a global.js file as well through the addition of the following import statement:

mw.loader.load("//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Eizen/PageCreator.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript");

Alternatively, the script accepts a window object of user-defined variables that can alter script performance at will. By default, the script will display all data and will be prepended to the header of all pages listed in namespaces 0, 4, 8, and 10 (mainspace, Project, MediaWiki, and template). The window variables enable users to remove the timestamp and first revision link, display the timestamp in local or UTC time, adjust namespaces to suit their specific needs, and exclude certain pages. An example window object is shown below:

window.PageCreatorOptions = {
    namespaces: [0, 4, 8, 12, 14, 18],        // Custom namespace selection
    excluded: ["Elfin_woods_warbler"],        // Excluded page (must be encoded)
    useTimestamp: false,                      // Hides the timestamp and link to first revision
    useUTC: false                             // Displays the timestamp in local time
};

Variables	Type	Valid values	Default value(s)	Description
namespaces	Array	Any valid namespace	[0, 4, 8, 10]	An array of namespaces upon whose pages the script will be appended
excluded	Array	Any encoded page	[] (empty array)	An array of pages to be excluded (must be wgPageName of page)
useTimestamp	Boolean	true, false	true	Displays the time and date of page creation with a link to the first revision
useUTC	Boolean	true, false	true	Displays the timestamp in UTC as opposed to local time