Extension:MassMessage

MediaWiki extensions manual

MassMessage Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page , API
Description	Allows a user to easily send a message to a list of users.
Author(s)	Kunal Mehta, wctaiwan
Latest version	0.5.0 (2023-01-08)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.25+, use REL1_X branches for your version of MediaWiki
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Help	Help:Extension:MassMessage/en
Parameters $wgNamespacesToConvert $wgMassMessageAccountUsername $wgNamespacesToPostIn $wgAllowlistedMassMessageTargets $wgAllowGlobalMessaging $wgMassMessageWikiAliases
Added rights massmessage
Hooks used APIQuerySiteInfoStatisticsInfo BeforeEchoEventInsert BeforePageDisplay ChangeTagsListActive ListDefinedTags ParserFirstCallInit RejectParserCacheValue SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal UserGetReservedNames
Hooks provided MassMessageJobBeforeMessageSent
Quarterly downloads	66 (Ranked 76th)
Public wikis using	1,039 (Ranked 257th)
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Vagrant role	massmessage
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The MassMessage extension allows a user to send a message to a list of pages via special page Special:MassMessage. For help on how to use the extension, see Help:Extension:MassMessage . The API documentation can be found at Extension:MassMessage/API .

Installation

• Download and move the extracted MassMessage folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/MassMessage
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'MassMessage' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration parameters

Namespaces to post in

When posting messages, only post them in the specified namespaces. All talk namespaces are already whitelisted.

$wgNamespacesToPostIn = [ NS_PROJECT ];

Namespaces to convert

If you want users to be able to provide a link to a User: page, but have the bot post on their User talk: page you can define that here.

$wgNamespacesToConvert = [ NS_USER => NS_USER_TALK ];

Username

What username the bot should post with. By default, this is "MediaWiki message delivery". If the user already exists, the extension will take over the account. It will be impossible for users to rename the account. You can override the default account name by specifying (for example):

$wgMassMessageAccountUsername = 'MessengerBot';

Enable global messaging

Whether to enable sending messages from one wiki to another. If running on a wikifarm setup like Wikimedia, you can disable this on all wikis except one to keep the logs in one place.

$wgAllowGlobalMessaging = true;

Maintenance script

You can send messages from the command line with

php sendMessages.php --pagelist <page list file> --subject <subject file> --message <message file>

where each line of <page list file> contains a page name followed by a wiki (database) name, separated by a tab.

User rights

• massmessage - Lets a user send out messages. By default assigned to the "sysop" user group.

Notes

Extensions which integrate with this one: Echo, LiquidThreads.

Interface

This extension is visible in three places:

• Special:CreateMassMessageList, to create delivery lists.
• Wiki pages with the MassMessageListContent content model, which represent delivery lists. These are automatically categorised under Category:MassMessage delivery lists .
• Special:MassMessage, to send a message to a delivery list.

See also

• Extension:MassMessageEmail - Emails users instead of posting on their talk pages.