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)	Brooke 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
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:Extension:Nuke
Parameters $wgNukeMaxAge
Added rights nuke
Hooks used ChangeTagsListActive ContributionsToolLinks ListDefinedTags
Hooks provided NukeGetNewPages NukeDeletePage
Quarterly downloads	110 (Ranked 51st)
Public wikis using	12,649 (Ranked 7th)
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Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The Nuke extension makes it possible for sysops to mass delete pages.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted Nuke folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/Nuke
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'Nuke' );
  

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

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;

Maximum age

By default, Nuke will only list pages that were created as recent as what is shown on Special:RecentChanges (controlled by $wgRCMaxAge ; 90 days by default).

MediaWiki version:

≥ 1.44 Gerrit change 1089919

This can be configured to use a different duration with the $wgNukeMaxAge configuration setting. For example, to restrict Nuke to only allow deleting pages up to 30 days old, add the following to your LocalSettings.php file:

$wgNukeMaxAge = 30 * 86400;

Usage

See also: Help:Extension:Nuke

Go to Special:Nuke in order to mass delete pages recently added by a user or IP address. If you don't want to filter by user, you can also just filter by namespace.

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%.

All deletions, as usual, are recorded in Special:Log/delete.

See also

Graphical

• Extension:DeleteBatch - 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
• Extension:DeletePagesForGood - Adds a tab for deleting an individual page permanently.

Command line

• deleteBatch.php - Delete multiple pages using a text file containing the names
• nukeNS.php - Delete all pages in a specific namespace without creating any deletion log (from command line)
• deleteArchivedRevisions.php - Script to permanently blow away pages after deleting them (e.g. after using Extension:Nuke)