When using core's deletion interface (action=delete), appears to work but topics are not actually deleted
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	• Mattflaschen-WMF
	Feb 28 2015, 2:26 AM

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When you use core's deletion interface (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:8080/w/index.php?title=Topic:Sc74aet4uq42fd4y&action=delete) it appears to work (except for a useless message analogous to T90971), but the topic is still accessible with the normal URL, and visible on the board.

We should either block this, or map it to Flow's internal deletion. I'll put up a quick fix to block it.

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Block the user from the using the action=delete interface for topics.	mediawiki/extensions/Flow	master	+60 -0

Mentioned In: T90970: T10. Board deletion action does not appear in tabs
rMEXT3cf16ce44537: Updated mediawiki/extensions Project: mediawiki/extensions/Flow…
rEFLWc8552cc02c9c: Block the user from the using the action=delete interface for topics.
T90077: Board Deletion Issues (affects Co-op)
Mentioned Here: T90971: Unusable suggested message when deleting Flow boards

• Mattflaschen-WMF raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.

Change 193554 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mattflaschen):
Block the user from the using the action=delete interface for topics.

This is a quick fix. I have a couple thoughts on better solutions:

Redirect the action=delete page to the Flow no-JS deletion UI
Just let them use the normal action=delete UI, but hook into core so it has a different effect (not sure yet how to block core from deleting the Topic page without giving a user-visible error message).

Change 193554 merged by jenkins-bot:
Block the user from the using the action=delete interface for topics.