Extension:UserMerge
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(Redirected from Extension:User Merge and Delete)
 Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Special page, User identity | ||
| Description | Merges references from one user to another user in the Wiki database - can also delete old users following merge | ||
| Author(s) | Tim Laqua, Thomas Gries (maintainer) | ||
| Latest version | 1.9.0 (2014-03-29) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.13+ | ||
| PHP | 5.3+ | ||
| Database changes | No | ||
| License | GNU GPL, version 2 or later | ||
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The UserMerge extension allows wiki users with the usermerge permission (Bureaucrat by default) to merge one Wiki user's account with another Wiki user's account.
The extension allows to
- merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of a first account A to a second account B
- delete the first account A after the merge (option box)
Limitations
- you cannot delete a user A without having merged the user A to B
- you cannot merge your own account (logged-in user)
Extras
- if you omit the "New User" field, then the extension auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous" (user_id 0), and ask you to confirm a merge to Anonymous. This is used for user deletion: you first empty (merge to user 0) contributions of a user A, and then delete the user A.
- the extension creates a User Merge log and logs all User Merge extension activity.[1]
Installation[edit | edit source]
- Download and extract the tarball in your
extensions/folder. It should generate a new folder calledUserMergedirectly inside yourextensions/folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
require_once "$IP/extensions/UserMerge/UserMerge.php"; // By default nobody can use this function, enable for bureaucrat? $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['usermerge'] = true; // optional: default is array( 'sysop' ) $wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = array( 'groupname' );
- Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
The change to group-based merge protection ($wgUserMergeProtectedGroups) in v1.5, r30872.
The addition of the 'usermerge' permission in 1.2 - this must be explicitly granted as shown above.
Usage[edit | edit source]
- follow Installation Instructions
- a new Special Page Special:UserMerge with the title Merge and Delete Users is created
- unmergeable users can be defined (examples):
# Allow all users to be merged (by default, the 'sysop' group is unmergeable) $wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = array(); # Disallow merging of the users in the 'sysop' or 'awesomeusers' groups # N.B. check the distributed "install.settings" for the correct array name $wgUserMergeUnmergeable = array( 'sysop', 'awesomeusers' );
Known issues[edit | edit source]
- Bug 39470: It's not possible to merge the account of a blocked user
- Bug 39636: The extension lacks an API interface module
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ since version 1.2
See also[edit | edit source]
- Extension:BlockAndNuke: Extension to block and delete users.
- hideuser right - Allows to "hide" users from various lists when indefinitely blocking them
- bugzilla:6397
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This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
| Language: | English • português do Brasil |
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