Help:Extension:MassMessage

This is a help page for usage of the MassMessage extension. For installation instructions, please see the extension documentation page.

Creating a page list
MassMessage requires a custom formatted list to be created. The format of the list is as follows:

In this case, the page name is "Project:Noticeboard". If you are in a wikifarm setup and wish to post to a page on another wiki, you would use:

This example would post to "Project:Noticeboard" on en.wikipedia.org.

Note that the default configuration will automatically convert all User pages into Usertalk pages - If you use  the message will be posted to "User talk:Foo".

Sending a message
Go to "Special:MassMessage" on your wiki.


 * 1) The first input box is for the page list. Type in the full page name of the page list you created in the previous step.
 * 2) Next is the subject of the message, which will also be used as the edit summary. For this reason, it is limited to 240 bytes.
 * 3) Finally, the body of the message. This field accepts any valid wikitext, but it may warn you if it notices bad input. See
 * 4) Hit Preview. This will load a preview of how your message will look on an example page.
 * 5) You can now either modify the message and preview it again, or if you are satisfied with your message, hit send. This will queue your delivery.
 * 6) You can visit "Special:Statistics" on your wiki to view how many messages are still queued in the job queue.

Customizing

 * Each wiki from which messages are sent can require a footer to be added by editing "MediaWiki:Massmessage-message-footer".
 * Each wiki that receives messages, can edit "MediaWiki:Massmessage-hidden-comment" for similar functionality.

Input checking
MassMessage attempts to check your input for common errors like improperly closed HTML. Currently the following checks are in place:
 * improperly closed HTML tags - requires JavaScript, shown immediately.
 * unescaped language links (like ) - shown upon preview.

Opting out

 * You can add  to any page to prevent it from receiving messages. Note that this string is localized, so check what the value of "MediaWiki:massmessage-optout-category" is, and use that.
 * If you absolutely need to, you can block the account used to deliver messages. Since multiple deliveries may be going on at the same time, this may have unintended consequences. Deliveries that were aborted due to the block (or any restriction like page protection) will be logged at Special:Log/massmessage.