Thread:User talk:Wikinaut/UserMerge Maintainer/reply (4)

Sure, I have no problem following any proceedure you request. I just wanted to see if you think it might be useful.

I did not modify the current Special Page, instead I created an additional "Batch User Merge and Delete" page. It looks just like the current SP, but instead of a text input it is a textarea and it operates like the Special:Export page....place each username on a new line and they will all merge with the username in the second input box (in our case we created a user called Deactivated User).

Our purpose for this is we maintain several large private wikis with a lot of users and these users tend to cycle in and out of positions that are responsible for working with the wiki. In an effort to keep the access list current we like to do a cleanup of the accounts every year. We send an automated email to all users who have not logged in in over one year to tell them if they do not login within the next 30 days (and again 7 days before D-day) their accounts will be deleted and they must go through the vetting process again to obtain access to the wiki. We then delete the accounts of users who have not logged in.

If you think this feature might be useful I will surely go through the process outlined above. Thinking about if deeper this feature is probably only useful to people/companies who maintain large private wikis like myself.