That’s really helpful indeed.

A query with participants in Brazil returned more than 7000 users. I wonder
if there is a limit or if it is fine to send to all of them.

Teles

Em ter, 3 de set de 2019 às 17:22, effe iets anders <
[email protected]> escreveu:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
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>> 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
>>
>>
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