Extension:Nuke

The Nuke extension makes it possible for sysops to mass delete pages. It was written by Brion Vibber in September 2005. It is running on all Wikimedia sites.

Installation

 * 1) Download the files from Git or download a snapshot (select your version of MediaWiki) and place the files under $IP/extensions/Nuke
 * 2) Add to the end of LocalSettings.php (MW 1.17+):
 * or add to the end of LocalSettings.php (<MW 1.16):
 * 1) Installation can now be verified through Special:Version on your wiki

Use
Go to Special:Nuke in order to mass delete pages recently added by a user or IP address. 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.

Logs
A log of all deletions is maintained at Special:Log/delete.