Extension:UserMerge
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UserMerge Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Special page , User identity |
Description | Merges references from one user to another user in the Wiki database - can also delete old users following merge |
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Latest version | 1.10.1 (2020-09-19) |
Compatibility policy | Master maintains backwards compatibility. |
MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
PHP | 7.0+ |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | |
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups |
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usermerge |
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Translate the UserMerge extension if it is available at translatewiki.net | |
Vagrant role | usermerge |
Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
The UserMerge extension allows wiki users with the usermerge permission (Bureaucrat by default) to merge one Wiki user's account with another Wiki user's account.
- Features
- merge (refer contributions, texts, watchlists, edit count of a first account A to a second account B)
- delete the first account A after the merge (option box)
- Limitations
- you cannot delete a user A without having merged the user A to B
- you cannot merge your own account (logged-in user) into a different user
- Notes
- if you omit the "New User" field, then the extension auto-populates the New User as "Anonymous" (user_id 0), and ask you to confirm a merge to Anonymous. This is used for user deletion: you first empty (merge to user 0) contributions of a user A, and then delete the user A.
- If your version of the extension complains about an empty "New User" field you can fill in "Anonymous"
- the extension creates a User Merge log and logs all User Merge extension activity.
Installation[edit]
- If using Vagrant , install with
vagrant roles enable usermerge --provision
- Manual installation
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
UserMerge
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
wfLoadExtension( 'UserMerge' ); // By default nobody can use this function, enable for bureaucrat? $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['usermerge'] = true; // optional: default is array( 'sysop' ) $wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [ 'groupname' ];
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Usage[edit]
- follow Installation Instructions
- a new Special Page Special:UserMerge with the title Merge and Delete Users is created
- unmergeable users can be defined (examples):
# Allow all users to be merged (by default, the 'sysop' group is unmergeable)
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [];
# Disallow merging of the users in the 'sysop' or 'awesomeusers' groups
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [ 'sysop', 'awesomeusers' ];
You can use Help:RevisionDelete feature of MediaWiki to replace the UserMerge logs information with neutral information.
Active RevisionDelete in "LocalSettings.php" file with :
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deletelogentry'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deleterevision'] = true;
Then, from Special:Log/usermerge, you can check and disable the logs content resulting from modifications made by UserMerge with simple check box.
A better approach would be to use the "CleanMediawiki.sh" script for delete massive spam user and all logs.
See also[edit]
- Extension:BlockAndNuke - Extension to block and delete users.
- hideuser right - Allows to "hide" users from various lists when indefinitely blocking them
- phab:T8397 - Flag to mark accounts locked/hidden (aka remove/delete user)
![]() | 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. |