Extension:Nuke

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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
Last version	1.1.7 (2012-10-06)
MediaWiki	1.19+ (v1.1.6+) 1.18+ (v1.1.2+) 1.16, 1.17 (v1.1.1+) 1.11+ (<v1.1.1)
Database changes	no
License	GPL v2+
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary tree code changes log
Added rights nuke
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Bugs: list open list all report

The Nuke extension makes it possible for sysops to mass delete pages. It was written by Brion Vibber in September 2005. It is running on all Wikimedia sites.

Download

You can download the extension directly from the MediaWiki source code repository (browse code). You can get:

One of the extensions tags

Not all extensions have tags. Some extensions have tags for each release, in which case those tags have the same stability as the release. To download a tag

• Go to the tags list
• Click the name of the tag you want to download
• Click "snapshot"

The latest version of one of the extensions branches

Each extension has a master branch containing the latest code (might be unstable). Extensions can have further branches as well.

• Go to the branches list
• Click the branch name
• Click "snapshot"

A snapshot made during the release of a MediaWiki version.

This might be unstable and is not guaranteed to work with the associated MediaWiki version.

• Download snapshot

After you've got the code, save it into the extensions/Nuke directory of your wiki.

If you are familiar with git and have shell access to your server, you can obtain the extension, with all its tags and branches, as follows:

cd extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Nuke.git

Installation

1. Download the files from Git or download a snapshot (select your version of MediaWiki) and place the files under $IP/extensions/Nuke
2. Add to the end of LocalSettings.php (MW 1.17+):
   require_once( "$IP/extensions/Nuke/Nuke.php" );

   or add to the end of LocalSettings.php (<MW 1.16):

   require_once( "$IP/extensions/Nuke/SpecialNuke.php" );

3. Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki

Use

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%.

Logs

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

See also

• Extension:DeleteBatch and the deleteBatch.php maintenance script - Delete multiple pages using a text file containing the names
• Extension:NukeDPL - Delete multiple pages using 'Dynamic Page Lists'
• Manual:DeleteArchivedRevisions.php - Script to permanently blow away pages after deleting them (e.g. after using Extension:Nuke)
• Extension:DeletePagePermanently - Adds a tab for deleting an individual page permanently.