Extension:Duplicator

Duplicator is an extension which provides a special page to create independent copies of articles and retaining separate histories. This extension, written by Rob Church, could also copies the talk page along with all its history during the process. This extension also provides a link on the toolbox menu.

Use

 * Source : Enter the name of the page to be copied
 * Destination : Enter the name for the new copy
 * Duplicate discussion page (if applicable) : Pick this to also copy the discussion page

Restrictions

 * If the destination page already exists
 * If the source page (or it's talk page) has too many revisions. The variable is sets on $wgDuplicatorRevisionLimit parameter (default 250).

Logs
The process is logged as a usual new page creation with "Copied from ..." as edit summary.

Licensing and downloads
The extension is available under the GNU General Public License 2.0 or later, and can be downloaded from Subversion, or accessed via the web-based viewer.

The software is provided as-is. Updates will be made according to the needs of Wikimedia wikis; or where critical vulnerabilities are discovered.