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Who Wrote That? - Firefox Add-on for Wikipedia Authorship
'Who Wrote That?' is a convenient Firefox add-on designed to provide Wikipedia users with visual information about authorship and revision history directly within the article page. It highlights all content from the same author and provides in-depth details about revisions including the author’s identity. Now experience an enriched browsing experience without the hassle of navigating through complex revision history.
Add-on stats
Manifest V3
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- storage
Size: 149.17K
Email: to*****@tools.wmflabs.org
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
User reviews
Pros
- Useful for attribution and understanding article authorship
- Dynamic and integrated platform for user interactions
- Impressive for its simplicity and effectiveness
Cons
- Inconsistent performance with multiple versions of Firefox
- Frequent error messages preventing usability
- Limited language support in certain contexts
Most mentioned
- Non-functionality across multiple Firefox versions
- Desire for more language support
User reviews
by 敬念法轮大法好远离瘟疫, 2025-03-03
Doesn't work with Firefox 116.0.3 with the latest extension update available installed. It just gives the following error message "Error: Refresh or try again later" every time, on every article tried.
by Firefox user 17231176, 2023-08-17
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Who Wrote That? requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Request access to the following domains: wikipedia.org
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Risk likelihood
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- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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