Talk:Community Tech/Who Wrote That tool
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Not working for me in Chrome
[edit]I have tried several articles and get "Error: Refresh or try again later. If the issue persists, contact us." Nurg (talk) 02:47, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- Also having issues with Firefox as well. MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 03:06, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- I have admittedly not tried using it for a while, but I'm getting issues with it as well on a Chromium browser on macOS, as of today.
- Chronque (talk) Chronque (talk) 11:36, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- It does not work (Chrome), --Schotterebene (talk) 17:23, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
- It does not work in FireFox 151.0.2 nor Chromium 148.0.7778.167) --DungeonLords (talk) 13:05, 9 June 2026 (UTC)
We are looking into Who Wrote That?
[edit]Thank you for reporting this issue. It looks like it has to do with the tool wikiwho not being available. We are looking looking into it. HMonroy (WMF) (talk) 20:23, 26 January 2026 (UTC)
Display not on hover pls, privacy/permissions issue, and related tool idea
[edit]From the Firefox addon page: When you hover over content, the tool highlights all content by the same author. When you click on content, the tool identifies the author of the revision, along with revision details. I would find that annoying – better to just load and highlight when doing some that one doesn't inevitably do when reading/browsing so instead of hovering maybe holding some button (like shift) + hovering or clicking.
Additionally, since it requires permissions for Wikipedia sites, it would be good to clarify when it sends/loads data and where to. Implementing the above would minimize data sent and put the user in control of what is being sent; adding the info that the data is sent only to secure Wikimedia servers which have the user's Wikipedia browsing data anyways would further reduce inhibition of users to install the addon.
By the way, maybe some of the same functionality or code could be used to highlight content that was recently changed/added, see wish W384: 'Articles that fit your interests & were recently edited a lot / got updated' module in WP app. Prototyperspective (talk) 11:24, 14 April 2026 (UTC)