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{{PD Help Page|imported=yes}}
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'''User contributions pages''' list the edits that a particular user has made.
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Checking your contributions is useful to refresh your memory about which pages you have worked on (and to easily access these again), but can also be used to find out whether there have been any subsequent edits (see below).</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This makes it possible to "watch" pages even if you haven't put them on your [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Watching pages|watchlist]].</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Other users' user contribution pages can also be accessed and are useful for seeing how other users have contributed.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">They can be used to track down vandals, copyright violations, etc.</span>

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These pages are project specific, so a user contributions page for the English Wikipedia will not show the edits the user has made to the German Wikipedia, or to Wikimedia Commons, or to any other project.
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Known issue: Filtering contributions for users that have made considerable contributions to a specific namespace, e.g. more than 1 million edits may often result in a timeout and fail ([[phabricator:T33197#356905|T33197]]).
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== Accessing a user contributions page ==
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=== Accessing your own user contributions page ===
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* To access your own user contributions page if you are a logged-in user, click ''my contributions''.
</div> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is displayed either at the top of the page or on the left-hand side.</span>
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* If you are not logged in and want to access the user contributions page of your current [[w:IP address|IP address]], type "Special:Mycontributions" into the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Searching|search box]] and press [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Go button|Go]].
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=== Accessing another user's contributions page ===
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the user has an account (username): bring up the user page and click <code>{{int|toolbox}}</code> and then <code>{{int|contributions}}</code> on the left hand side.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This works even if the user page has not been edited yet (i.e. an edit box displays).</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the user has no login name, two methods are:</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Click on the [[w:IP address|IP address]] in [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Recent changes|Recent Changes]] or [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Page history|Page History]]</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Put the IP address in the search box and press [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Go button|Go]]</span>

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== Using a user contributions page ==
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Below is an example of a user contributions page using the default skin, viewing an IP range:
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[[File:Example of a MediaWiki Contributions_page.png|737px|<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Example of a user contributions page</span>]]

<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Edits are shown from newest to oldest.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Each edit takes up one line which shows: time & date, the page name and the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Edit summary|edit summary]], as well as other diagnostic informations.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Here are some of the functions of this page:</span>

# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The username, IP address or IP range appears here, along with links to the log pages. If you are viewing a single user, a link to their talk page is also shown.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Here you can change which user to view contributions for. This can be a username, IP address, or IP range (in [[:en:CIDR notation|CIDR notation]]). Alternatively, you can tick the first radio button option to view only contributions from new users.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can select a [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:namespace|namespace]] to filter your results.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">For example, to see only templates select ''Template'' from the drop down list and press ''{{int|sp-contributions-submit}}''.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can also invert your namespace selection so that contributions are shown only from all other namespaces. Finally, you can use the "Associated namespace" checkbox to show subject and talk pages of the selected namespace.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The tag filter allows you to show only contributions with a specific tag. See #17 below.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These options allow to show only edits that are the latest revisions to the page and edits that are page creations. You can also show only minor edits. Finally, if the wiki has the {{ll|Extension:ORES|nsp=0}} extension installed, another option allows you to hide edits that are "probably good", which may make it easier to locate edits that are vandalism.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These options allow you to view contributions within a specific date range. Both the start and end date are optional.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These links take you to the users most recent edits ''({{int|histlast}})'', oldest edits ''({{int|histfirst}})'' or the next or previous page of edits ''({{int|pager-newer-n|n}} / {{int|pager-older-n|n}})''.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The blue numbers that follow list the number of edits displayed on a page - 20, 50, 100, 250 or 500.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A higher number increases the length of a page but reduces the number of pages.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The number you select replaces ''n'' in the links to the previous or next pages e.g. ''({{int|pager-newer-n|100}} / {{int|pager-older-n|100}})''.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This gives the time and date of the edit.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This link is called a "permanent link", which will bring you to the revision of the page at that specific date and time.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''({{int|diff}})'' takes you to a [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:diff|diff]] page showing the changes between that edit and the previous revision.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The revision after the edit appears below the changes so you can see the result of the edit.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''({{int|hist}})'' takes you to the page history, so you can see all edits made to that page.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This can be useful if someone has updated a page you have worked on, and you want to see their changes.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This shows the size of the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:diff|diff]], in number of bytes. Negative values are shown in red, while green indicates content was added, and a gray 0 indicates the number of bytes did not change with the edit.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''{{int|minoreditletter}}''' stands for [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:minor edit|minor edit]] (small corrections to a page).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In this area you might also see the symbol '''{{int|newpageletter}}''', indicating the edit was a page creation.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These help you understand the type of changes that have been made.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is the name of the page the edit took place on.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The current page name is used, so if the page has been renamed the name displayed will be different.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is the username, shown when viewing an IP range or new user contributions. This is not shown when are viewing contributions of a single user or IP.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This is the [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:edit summary|edit summary]].</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This edit summary begins with an arrow link and grey text.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This means the user has only edited a section of the page (named in the grey text).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This text is automatically added when you edit a section.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The black text is a standard edit summary and is added by the user.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''{{int|uctop}}''' signifies that the edit is the current revision.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The page is as the user last saved it.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This can be used to watch pages (if your last edit to the page does not display '''{{int|uctop}}''' the page has been changed).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Sysops also have a rollback link here, see {{ll|Help:Reverting}}.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The grayed out and struck timestamp means the edit was [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:RevisionDelete|revision deleted]] or suppressed by a sysop, and cannot be viewed publicly. It is possible to suppress the username and edit summary of the edit too, in which case they will also be grayed out with a strikethrough.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These are [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Tags|tags]] that were applied to the edit.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">These may be added automatically by the software (such as {{ll|Extension:AbuseFilter|nsp=0}}), or by the user.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The default editor does not provide an interface for adding tags.</span>

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If the page is newly created the mark '''{{int|newpageletter}}''' is also shown.
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But the following information does not appear:
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* Edits from a page that has been deleted afterwards (unless the page, including the revision concerned, has been restored).
</div> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the revision concerned has been restored but not the previous one, then the fact that the user has edited the page is preserved, including the time and the edit summary, and the resulting revision, but not the change.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A sysop can use [[Special:DeletedContributions]] to see revisions that have not been restored.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">However, applying a diff is not directly possible.</span>
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* The deletion or restoration (undeletion) of a page (if the user is a sysop).
</div> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Use [[Special:Logs]] for this.</span>

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== User styles ==
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The page body has selector <code>body.page-Special_Contributions</code>, so we can e.g. use the CSS <syntaxhighlight lang="css">body.page-Special_Contributions ul { list-style: decimal }</syntaxhighlight> to number the backlinks.
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== URLs and links ==
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{{Note|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">URL with <code>&target</code> parameter does not work on MobileFrontend.</span>}}

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A user contributions [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:URL|URL]] looks (for this wiki) like this:
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<code class="mw-code plainlinks" style="display:block">https:{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contributions|target=XX}}
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<code class="mw-code plainlinks" style="display:block">https:{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contributions/XX}}
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where XX is the user name, IP address, or IP range, and "Contributions" can be abbreviated to "Contribs":
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<code class="mw-code plainlinks" style="display:block">https:{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contribs|target=XX}}
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<code class="mw-code plainlinks" style="display:block">https:{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contribs/XX}}
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Change the sub-site to view your contributions on that particular subsite. (www.wikipedia.org, meta.wikimedia.org, etc.)
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To link to a user contributions page you can also use this shorter form: [[Special:Contributions/XX]].
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Interwiki links work as normal e.g. [[w:Special:Contributions/XX]].
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can also view edits from one particular namespace.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Each namespace has an associated number.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Restricting to one namespace can be done with the long form URL only (in this example the namespace is number 4):</span>

<code class="mw-code plainlinks" style="display:block">https:{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Special:Contributions|target=XX&namespace=4}}
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== Privacy ==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Your contributions can be viewed by anyone — please be mindful of this.</span>
''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Check the privacy policy, if any, of the site you use; for meta: [[m:Special:MyLanguage/Privacy policy|m:Privacy policy]].</span>''

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== First edit ==
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When using the user contributions feature to determine when a user started editing on a wiki, note that edits may have been made in another wiki, while later the page has been [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Import|imported]].
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Also, until ca. 2004 there was a bug, which has been fixed but not retroactively, as follows:
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:''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If a moved page is moved back, the edit history of the page with the intermediate title shows the latest move only, with the corresponding user name, but with the date and time of the first move(!).</span>''

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Therefore, if the oldest entries in the user contributions list are moves, they most likely do not represent any activity of the user on the stated dates.
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== Footer ==
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The page has the footer [[MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer]], the [[MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon]] for IP address, and [[MediaWiki:Sp-contributions-footer-anon-range]] for IP ranges.
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Note that, as described in [[phab:T50956]], registered users don't see the content of this footer page if their language is different from the original language of the wiki.
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== Number of edits ==
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Preferences#User_profile|user profile]] shows the number of edits.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The number is based upon an editcount field that is stored for each user, incremented each time the user makes an edit, but not decremented when a user's edit is deleted.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Therefore the count includes deleted edits.</span>
<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Note that, as described in [[phab:T21311]], this value may not be reliable.</span>

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