Extension:Nuke

This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.18 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.

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Nuke Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page , Page action
Description	Gives sysops the ability to mass delete pages.
Author(s)	Brion Vibber, Jeroen De Dauw
Latest version	1.3.0 (2017-03-01)
MediaWiki	1.28.1+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Added rights nuke
Hooks used ContributionsToolLinks
Hooks provided NukeGetNewPages NukeDeletePage
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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.
•  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 this extension using wfLoadExtension(). If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), 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:DeleteBatch , deleteBatch.php - Delete multiple pages using a text file containing the names
• Extension:NukeDPL - Delete multiple pages using 'Dynamic Page Lists'
• Extension:SmiteSpam - Attempts to find all spam on a wiki, via text processing, and provides an interface to delete it all
• Manual:DeleteArchivedRevisions.php - Script to permanently blow away pages after deleting them (e.g. after using Extension:Nuke)
• Extension:DeletePagesForGood - Adds a tab for deleting an individual page permanently.