Awesome. Thanks!

Teles

Em qua, 4 de set de 2019 às 15:22, Michael Maggs <[email protected]>
escreveu:

> Don’t think there’s any hard limit for admins, and as you’re one you
> should be able to send the mass message yourself if you want.
>
> Michael
>
> On 4 Sep 2019, at 18:33, Lucas Teles <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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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