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Create API for mass deleting pages (aka Special:Nuke)
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People would like an API module that can mass delete things, aka Special:Nuke

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bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Nuke.Nov 22 2014, 12:05 AM
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Mainframe98 claimed this task.Mar 4 2017, 4:24 PM
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I've got a patch ready for this bug.

gerritbot added a subscriber: gerritbot.Mar 4 2017, 4:28 PM

Change 341133 had a related patch set uploaded (by mainframe98):
[mediawiki/extensions/Nuke] add an API module for Nuke

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/341133

Mainframe98 added a subscriber: Anomie.EditedMar 8 2017, 10:28 AM

@Anomie raised a valid concern related to this issue: Do we really need an API for Nuke? If I take this script for example, it utilizes existing API modules to emulate the nuke functionality, with the only drawback being that it has to delete each page individually.

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 14 2017, 8:49 AM

Change 341133 abandoned by Mainframe98:
add an API module for Nuke

Reason:
See last comment of Anomie, an action=massdelete would be better.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/341133

Mainframe98 removed Mainframe98 as the assignee of this task.Apr 6 2017, 8:16 AM

I'll de-assign myself from this. I think it would be best to think up a strategy to tackle this bug, before submitting any patches.

Legoktm removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 2 2018, 3:34 AM
Legoktm renamed this task from create api for Special:Nuke to Create API for mass deleting pages (aka Special:Nuke).
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Legoktm added a subscriber: Legoktm.Mar 2 2018, 3:36 AM

I clarified the summary that people just want an API to mass delete pages, not necessarily the full equivalent of Special:Nuke. I wonder if we could have action=delete take a generator?

Anomie added a comment.Mar 2 2018, 3:51 PM

That is a possibility.

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