Extension:MassMessage

The MassMessage extension allows a user to send a message to a list of pages via special page Special:MassMessage. For help on how to use the extension, see . The API documentation can be found at .

Configuration parameters

 * Namespaces to post in :

When posting messages, only post them in the specified namespaces. All talk namespaces are already whitelisted.


 * Namespaces to convert :

If you want users to be able to provide a link to a User: page, but have the bot post on their User talk: page you can define that here.


 * Username :

What username the bot should post with. By default, this is "MediaWiki message delivery". If the user already exists, the extension will take over the account. It will be impossible for users to ext-renameuser>Extension:Renameuser|rename the account. You can override the default account name by specifying (for example):


 * Enable global messaging :

Whether to enable sending messages from one wiki to another. If running on a wikifarm setup like Wikimedia, you can disable this on all wikis except one to keep the logs in one place.

Maintenance script
You can send messages from the command line with

php sendMessages.php --pagelist &lt; page list file > --subject &lt; subject file > --message &lt; message file >

where each line of  contains a page name followed by a wiki (database) name, separated by a tab.

User rights

 * - Lets a user send out messages. By default assigned to the "sysop" user group.

Interface
This extension is visible in three places:


 * Special:CreateMassMessageList, to create delivery lists.
 * Wiki pages with the  content model, which represent delivery lists. These are automatically categorised under Category:MassMessage delivery lists.
 * Special:MassMessage, to send a message to a delivery list.