MediaWiki extensions manual

Nuke Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	Special page Category:Special page extensions, Page action Category:Page action extensions
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+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Help	Help:Extension:Nuke
Parameters $wgNukeMaxAge $wgNukeUIType
Added rights nuke
Hooks used ChangeTagsListActive Category:ChangeTagsListActive extensions ContributionsToolLinks Category:ContributionsToolLinks extensions ListDefinedTags Category:ListDefinedTags extensions
Hooks provided NukeGetNewPages NukeDeletePage
Quarterly downloads	40 (Ranked 57th)
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;

$wgNukeMaxAge = 30 * 86400;

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.

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)

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 Category:Extensions included in BlueSpice Canasta Category:Extensions included in Canasta Debian Category:Extensions available as Debian packages Fandom Category:Extensions included in Fandom Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze MyWikisCategory:Extensions included in MyWikis ProWikiCategory:Extensions included in ProWiki semantic::coreCategory:Extensions included in semantic::core ShoutWiki Category:Extensions included in ShoutWiki TelepediaCategory:Extensions included in Telepedia wiki.gg Category:Extensions included in wiki.gg WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge 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.