MediaWiki extensions manual
UserMerge
Release status: stable
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
  • Siebrand Mazeland
Latest version 1.10.2
Compatibility policy Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki >= 1.37.0
Database changes No
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download
Parameters
  • $wgUserMergeProtectedGroups
  • $wgUserMergeEnableDelete
Added rights
usermerge
Hooks used
  • ContributionsToolLinks
  • UserGetReservedNames
Hooks provided
  • UserMergeAccountFields
  • MergeAccountFromTo
  • UserMergeAccountDeleteTables
  • DeleteAccount
Quarterly downloads 435 (Ranked 24th)
Public wikis using 888 (Ranked 260th)
Translate the UserMerge extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Vagrant role usermerge
Issues Open tasks · Report a bug

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.

Features
  • 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) into a different user
Notes
  • 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.
    • If your version of the extension complains about an empty "New User" field you can fill in  "Anonymous"
  • the extension creates a User Merge log and logs all User Merge extension activity.

Installation

  • Download and place the file(s) in a directory called UserMerge in your extensions/ folder.
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file: 
    wfLoadExtension( 'UserMerge' );
// By default nobody can use this function, enable for bureaucrat?
$wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['usermerge'] = true;

// To enable for administrators add this:
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['usermerge'] = true;

// optional: default is [ 'sysop' ]
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [ 'groupname' ];
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.


Vagrant installation:

  • If using Vagrant , install with vagrant roles enable usermerge --provision
  • a new Special Page Special:UserMerge with the title Merge and Delete Users is created
  • unmergeable users can be defined (examples):
# <translate nowrap><!--T:24--> Allow all users to be merged (by default, the 'sysop' group is unmergeable)</translate>
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [];

# <translate nowrap><!--T:25--> Disallow merging of the users in the 'sysop' or 'awesomeusers' groups</translate>
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [ 'sysop', 'awesomeusers' ];

# enable the permission for sysops
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['usermerge'] = true;

You can use Help:RevisionDelete feature of MediaWiki to replace the UserMerge logs information with neutral information.

Active RevisionDelete in "LocalSettings.php" file with:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deletelogentry'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deleterevision'] = true;

Then, from Special:Log/usermerge, you can check and disable the logs content resulting from modifications made by UserMerge with simple check box.

See also

  • hideuser right - Allows to "hide" users from various lists when indefinitely blocking them
  • phab:T8397 - Flag to mark accounts locked/hidden (aka remove/delete user)
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