In the search index for collaborative editing, if a user created the page, are they considered a contributor?

• A. Yes
• B. Only if they edited after
• C. No, they are not considered contributors unless they are assigned a specific contributor role
• D. No, they are the author not a contributor

Answer: (D)

In this search index, creation and contribution are treated as two separate roles. The person who creates a page is recorded as the author, not a contributor. A contributor, on the other hand, is someone who adds substantive edits or content after the page already exists. So simply creating the page assigns authorship to that user, and they aren’t labeled a contributor by default. If they later edit the page, those edits could be counted as contributions under the system’s rules, but at the moment of creation they’re the author, not a contributor.