MediaWiki extensions manual

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
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Download Git master browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) commit history repository contributors (GitHub) code review
Help	Help:Extension:Nuke
Hooks used ContributionsToolLinks
Hooks provided NukeGetNewPages NukeDeletePage
Quarterly downloads	168 (Ranked 60th)
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 place the file(s) in a directory called Nuke in your extensions/ folder.
• 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;

Usage

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.

Only pages listed in recentchanges table will be shown. By default, this includes all pages created in last 90 days. 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

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)

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.

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: BlueSpice Canasta Debian Fandom Miraheze MyWikis ProWiki semantic::core ShoutWiki Telepedia wiki.gg WikiForge WikiTide This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.