Hi Michael, Thanks, this is helpful to document. If you would be willing to update/expand the documentation here, that would be great: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Documentation/Send_a_mass_message
In general, this is the place where we try to collect these best practices: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments/Documentation Best, Lodewijk On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 12:19 PM Michael Maggs <[email protected]> wrote: > 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&diff=prev&oldid=364449416 > > 4c. If all's OK, a friendly admin will be along soon to complete the > messaging. > > Hope that helps > > Michael > > Neville Borg <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > -- > > Administrator > Wikimedia Community Malta <http://www.wikimalta.org> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > Michael Maggs <[email protected]> > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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