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 # Authors
 
-waterdynamics was created by MDAnalysis in 2023.
-
+waterdynamics was originally written by Alejandro Bernardin in 2015 and was 
+present in the MDAnalysis core library from 2015 to 2024.
 
 All contributing authors are listed in this file below.
 The repository history at https://github.com/MDAnalysis/waterdynamics
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-**2023**
-Jennifer A Clark <@jaclark5>
-Lily Wang <@lilyminium>
-Ian Kenney <@ianmkenney>
+**2015**
+- Alejandro Bernardin <@alejob>
+- Oliver Beckstein <@orbeckst>
+- Carlos Yañez <cyanez@dlab.cl>
+- Richard Gowers <@richardjgowers>
+- Max Linke <@kain88-de>
 
-**2022**
-Aditi Tripathi <@aditi2906>
-Estefania Barreto-Ojeda <@ojeda-e>
+**2016**
+- Jonathan Barnoud <@jbarnoud>
 
-**2020**
-Rocco Meli <@RMeli>
-Irfan Alibay <@IAlibay>
-Cédric Bouysset <@cbouy>
+**2017**
+- Utkarsh Bansal <@utkbansal>
 
 **2018**
-Jose Borreguero <@jmborr>
-Matt Thompson <@mattwthompson>
-Philip Loche <@PicoCentauri>
-Paul Smith <@p-j-smith>
-Mateusz Bieniek <@bieniekmateusz>
+- Jose Borreguero <@jmborr>
+- Matt Thompson <@mattwthompson>
+- Philip Loche <@PicoCentauri>
+- Paul Smith <@p-j-smith>
+- Mateusz Bieniek <@bieniekmateusz>
 
-**2017**
-Utkarsh Bansal <@utkbansal>
+**2020**
+- Rocco Meli <@RMeli>
+- Irfan Alibay <@IAlibay>
+- Cédric Bouysset <@cbouy>
 
-**2016**
-Jonathan Barnoud <@jbarnoud>
+**2022**
+- Aditi Tripathi <@aditi2906>
+- Estefania Barreto-Ojeda <@ojeda-e>
 
-**2015**
-Alejandro Bernardin <@alejob>
-Oliver Beckstein <@orbeckst>
-Carlos Yañez <cyanez@dlab.cl>
-Richard Gowers <@richardjgowers>
-Max Linke <@kain88-de>
+**2023**
+- Jennifer A Clark <@jaclark5>
+- Lily Wang <@lilyminium>
+- Ian Kenney <@ianmkenney>