Thank you so much, this is amazingly helpful! I've given it a go, hopefully
it should work.
Neville
On Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 21:19, Michael Maggs <Michael(a)maggs.name> 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_n…
4c. If all's OK, a friendly admin will be along soon to complete the
messaging.
Hope that helps
Michael
Neville Borg <neville.borg(a)wikimalta.org>
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 <Michael(a)maggs.name>
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