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{{Feature
 
{{Feature
|explains= Special:DeleteBatch
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|explains=Special:DeleteBatch
|description=allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content
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|description=Allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content.  You can delete pages from a list of titles.
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|notes=There is a maintenance script by the same name (DeleteBatch).
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|tests=[[Special:DeleteBatch]]
 
|examples=
 
|examples=
 
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{{Feature
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|explains=Special:Nuke
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|description=Allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content. You can mass delete articles by title, user, or ip address.
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|notes=You can use SQL wildcards
  
There were several broken Html2wiki import images which I wanted to remove from the wiki.  Even with these extensions installed, I still had to delete them by hand. At least the 'recent changes' view on the main page is now fixed.  Despite limited applicability to my specific use case, the Nuke extension and DeleteBatch extension are still useful tools in the administrators bag of tricks.
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To '''permanently''' delete (expunge) the records, you must [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:DeleteArchivedRevisions.php|delete archived revisions]]
 
 
{{Feature
 
|explains= Special:Nuke
 
|description=allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content
 
|notes=
 
 
|tests=
 
|tests=
|examples=
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|examples=If you are an administrator, visit the [[Special:Nuke|Mass delete]] page.
 
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There were several broken Html2wiki import images which I wanted to remove from the wiki.  Even with these extensions installed, I still had to delete them by hand. At least the 'recent changes' view on the main page is now fixed.  Despite limited applicability to my specific use case, the Nuke extension and DeleteBatch extension are still useful tools in the administrators bag of tricks.

Revision as of 09:05, 26 April 2020

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Summary
Description: Allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content. You can delete pages from a list of titles.
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Notes: There is a maintenance script by the same name (DeleteBatch).
Test: Special:DeleteBatch


Delete Dialog-information.svg
Summary
Description: Allows site administrators flexible powers to delete content. You can delete pages from a list of titles.
More
Notes: There is a maintenance script by the same name (DeleteBatch).
Test: Special:DeleteBatch

There were several broken Html2wiki import images which I wanted to remove from the wiki. Even with these extensions installed, I still had to delete them by hand. At least the 'recent changes' view on the main page is now fixed. Despite limited applicability to my specific use case, the Nuke extension and DeleteBatch extension are still useful tools in the administrators bag of tricks.