Extension:UserMerge
(Redirected from Manual:Merging users)
Manual:Merging users
redirects here. Not to be confused with Special:MergeAccount provided by Extension:CentralAuth which create a "global" account from local accounts in multiple wikis. 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 | 1.10.2 |
Compatibility policy | Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible. |
MediaWiki | >= 1.43.0 |
Database changes | No |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
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usermerge |
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Quarterly downloads | 319 (Ranked 10th) |
Public wikis using | 888 (Ranked 260th) |
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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- Download and move the extracted
UserMerge
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/UserMerge - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'UserMerge' ); // By default nobody can use this function, enable for bureaucrat? $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['usermerge'] = true; // To enable for administrators add this: $wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['usermerge'] = true; // optional: default is [ 'sysop' ] $wgUserMergeProtectedGroups = [ 'groupname' ];
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Vagrant installation:
- If using Vagrant , install with
vagrant roles enable usermerge --provision
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' ];
# enable the permission for sysops
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['usermerge'] = true;
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.
See also
edit- 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 included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |