Extension:UserMerge
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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 | ||
| Author(s) | Tim Laqua, Thomas Gries, Siebrand Mazeland | ||
| Latest version | 1.10.0 (2016-03-07) | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.23+ | ||
| PHP | 5.4+ | ||
| Database changes | No | ||
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later | ||
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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.
The extension allows to
- 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
Extras
- 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.[1]
Installation[edit]
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
UserMergein 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' )
$wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = array( 'groupname' );
Done - Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:
The instructions above describe the new way of installing extensions using wfLoadExtension(), since MediaWiki 1.25. If you need to install this extension in earlier versions, instead of wfLoadExtension( 'UserMerge' );, you need to use:
require_once "$IP/extensions/UserMerge/UserMerge.php";
The change to group-based merge protection ($wgUserMergeProtectedGroups) in v1.5, r30872.
The addition of the 'usermerge' permission in v1.2 - this must be explicitly granted as shown above.
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 = array();
# Disallow merging of the users in the 'sysop' or 'awesomeusers' groups
$wgUserMergeUnmergeable = array( 'sysop', 'awesomeusers' );
Known issues[edit]
- phab:T41636: The extension lacks an API interface module
References[edit]
- ↑ since version 1.2
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)
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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. |
