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\title{ New MediaWiki extension: CopyCreds }

\author{ Sam Wilson }

\date{ 2023 January 23 (Monday), 6:30AM }

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A new extension this week: CopyCreds\footnote{\url{https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CopyCreds}}

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The CopyCreds extension registers two new tags <pw> and <un>, which make the text inside them visually distinctive, and allows for click-to-copy. The goal is to make life easier for those who document usernames and passwords in MediaWiki.
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I like the idea of a simple click-to-copy system for a wiki, but I'm not sure it warrants two new tags. Personally I'd prefer something like \texttt{<copy class='pwd'>foo</copy>} or something like that, with a means to customize the colour etc. of the displayed value. Actually, maybe that's what CopyLink\footnote{\url{https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CopyLink}} does. There used to be one called CopyToClipboard\footnote{\url{https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?oldid=4463718}} which also did something similar.

Maybe someone should write the \emph{Copyencabulator 2000}, to unite them all…

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