Extension:Nuke

 Note: This extension is bundled with MediaWiki 1.18 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again.

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Nuke Release status:Extension status stable
ImplementationTemplate:Extension#type	Special page, Page action
DescriptionTemplate:Extension#description	Gives sysops the ability to mass delete pages.
Author(s)Template:Extension#username	Brion Vibber, Jeroen De Dauw
Latest versionTemplate:Extension#version	1.2.0 (2014-03-27)
MediaWikiTemplate:Extension#mediawiki	1.19+ (v1.1.6+)
Database changesTemplate:Extension#needs-updatephp	No
LicenseTemplate:Extension#license	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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The Nuke extension makes it possible for sysops to mass delete pages.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called Nuke in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

wfLoadExtension( 'Nuke' );

• Configure as required.
• Y Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:

The instructions above describe the new way of installing extensions using wfLoadExtension(), since MediaWiki 1.25. If you need to install this extension in earlier versions, instead of wfLoadExtension( 'Nuke' );, you need to use:

require_once "$IP/extensions/Nuke/Nuke.php";

Configuration

The user right "nuke" is automatically granted to the "sysop" user group. To decouple this and assign this right to a dedicated new user group such as "nuke" add the following to your "LocalSettings.php" file:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['nuke'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['nuke']['nuke'] = true;

Usage

Go to Special:Nuke in order to mass delete pages recently added by a user or IP address. The special page is listed under Special:SpecialPages as Mass delete.

You can also specify a pattern for the page title: the field accepts SQL wildcards, like %lol%.

A log of all deletions is maintained at Special:Log/delete.

See also

• Extension:DeleteBatchExtension:DeleteBatch and the deleteBatch.phpManual:deleteBatch.php maintenance script - Delete multiple pages using a text file containing the names
• Extension:NukeDPLExtension:NukeDPL - Delete multiple pages using 'Dynamic Page Lists'
• Extension:SmiteSpamExtension:SmiteSpam - Attempts to find all spam on a wiki, via text processing, and provides an interface to delete it all
• Manual:DeleteArchivedRevisions.phpManual:DeleteArchivedRevisions.php - Script to permanently blow away pages after deleting them (e.g. after using Extension:Nuke)
• Extension:DeletePagePermanentlyExtension:DeletePagePermanently - Adds a tab for deleting an individual page permanently.