Who Wrote That?

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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
Daily users: 719
3
Version: 0.22.2.0 (Last updated: 2024-08-07)
Version code: 5788996
Creation date: 2019-09-20
Weekly download count: 7
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 149.17K
URLs: Website
Full description: See detailed description

Other platforms

Who Wrote That? (v0.22.2.0)
1,000 5.00 (3)
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
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

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.
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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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