Write extension to retrieve global (Wikimedia wiki-wide) contributions for an IP or username
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	• MZMcBride
	Jan 26 2011, 8:40 AM

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Currently outside tools such as

are /were used to retrieve the equivalent of [[Special:Contributions]] for a particular IP or username across Wikimedia wikis. It should be possible to implement such functionality in an extension (similar to GlobalUsage for files). A user would be able to visit Special:Global Contributions (or some equivalent), input a username or IP, and retrieve the equivalent of [[Special:Contributions]], but in an aggregate form (on every wiki where the user or IP has been active).

Filing this is as a new extension request.

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Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz26957

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Mentioned In: T334963: Add global contributions tool to CheckUser
T163607: The links to the IPs of the "Global IP block log" go to the user page and not the contributions special page
Mentioned Here: T154852: Merge GlobalContribs into GlobalContributions

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 11:12 PM

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• MZMcBride created this task.Jan 26 2011, 8:40 AM

*shameless plug*

See also http://toolserver.org/~krinkle/MoreContributions/ which does something similar but in chronological order instead of per-wiki (also supports wildcards). Often used for ranges.

Can be used as a range-contributions for one wiki and/or a specific user on all wikis.

Bug 57857 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalContributions

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I'll be really useful indeed. Now that full SUL is a reality, it'd be worth developing the extension mentioned above, or create a more suitable one.

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Matanya moved this task from Untriaged to Medium priority on the Stewards-and-global-tools board.Apr 19 2017, 8:26 PM

Legoktm merged a task: T171383: Allow global IP contributions to be tracked accross wikis.Jul 22 2017, 10:21 PM

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Could someone maybe still take a look at this? What about a CentralAuth integration?

Isn't this what GlobalContribs does already or just works for registered users?

At the time GlobalContribs was written (by @UltrasonicNXT ), it was implemented with the mind of having it perform on a small scaled wiki-farm. It's not meant to perform well on huge wiki farms like Wikimedia - which this task is aiming for. You might be interested about T154852: Merge GlobalContribs into GlobalContributions, where GlobalContributions was written by @Legoktm.

@SamanthaNguyen Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of GlobalContribs bad performance on big farms. I'll stay tuned to T154852 and this task too. Regards.

MarcoAurelio mentioned this in T163607: The links to the IPs of the "Global IP block log" go to the user page and not the contributions special page.Jul 23 2017, 11:22 PM

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