Wikipedia:Nuke

This is an information page.

It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; rather, its purpose is to explain certain aspects of Wikipedia's norms, customs, technicalities, or practices. It may reflect differing levels of consensus and vetting.

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An administrator using the Nuke tool to delete multiple pages at once

Nuke, also known as Mass Delete, is a MediaWiki software extension, running on Wikipedia and other

accountable

for such deletions.

The tool is accessed at Special:Nuke. Use the form to search for specific recently created pages, then on the next screen select or unselect individual pages to delete. The deletion summary you enter will be applied to all deleted pages, so you may need to delete pages separately if you want to enter separate deletion summaries.

One of the uses for Nuke include mass-deleting pages created by banned or blocked users in violation of their ban or block, or pages created by sock puppets of blocked or banned users.

For full documentation, see mw:Extension:Nuke (on the MediaWiki site).

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