Who Wrote That

A new tool Who Wrote That has been developed that works with Google Chrome and Firefox on major Wikipedia languages in the main namespace to show who has written a certain paragraph.

It is very handy, to easily detect modifications by the same user. It is implemented as a browser plugin.

Restrictions

• It requires addional server storage.
• It only works for a limited number of Wikipedia languages.
• It only works for the main namespace.
• It is not available for other MediaWiki platforms or namespaces.

Related tools

• Other user options are accessible via page history; you need to update your global CSS once:
  • Page statistics
  • Plagiarism check

More info

• Who Wrote That? (MediaWiki)
• Newsletter 2025-09