That really was super helpful, thank you so much!!
Marta
Il 2019-09-03 21:19 Michael Maggs ha scritto:
I just copied and edited the original template for the UK situation.
Here's the UK version:
https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/38769
Just stepping through what to do:
1. Fork the above query, using the Fork button
2. Change both sections of yellow text to relate to your situation,
the first with your old Commons categories and the single line
underneath with your current category. Note that you need the
underlines between the words; spaces won't work
3. Copy the results. If too many, download as csv, then open in a text
editor, to get raw text with one entry per line
4. Use the results as the target for a mass message on Commons.
Unless you're an admin, you'll need help doing that, as non-admins are
limited in the number of messages they can send.
4a. Start a new page on Commons, in your own userspace. Set out the
subject line and body text of the message you want to send. Also
include the list of targets. My example page is here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:MichaelMaggs/WLM-UK2019Message
4b. Post a request to the Commons Administrator's noticeboard
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard)
for an admin to send the message for you. Here's my request:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard=prev=364449416
4c. If all's OK, a friendly admin will be along soon to complete the
messaging.
Hope that helps
Michael
Neville Borg
3 September 2019 at 7:50 pm
This sounds fantastic. Is there a foolproof way to do this for those
of us with no knowledge of SQL? :)
I've changed the categories to WLM in Malta, as appropriate. Is
there anything else I need to change?
Neville
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Michael Maggs
3 September 2019 at 4:53 pm
This was really useful information. Thanks!
I have used a modified version of this to invite 2500 people on
Commons who previously contributed to WLM in the UK.
Regards
Michael
Links:
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