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T135170 initially wanted to do this, but for some reason ended up doing c84ba4d8 instead to make purging more complex and fragile. Let's do it for real. Timeline: [X] 1.28: Update ApiPurge to emit a warning and log usage if used via GET [X] 1.28: Communicate the deprecation to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [X] 1.28/1.29: Review the usage statistics in [[https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/dashboard/api-feature-usage|Kibana]], potentially alert high users directly [X] 1.29: Announce removal date to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [] 1.29: Update ApiPurge to require POST [] 1.29: If possible, revert c84ba4d8.

T135170 initially wanted to do this, but for some reason ended up doing c84ba4d8 instead to make purging more complex and fragile. Let's do it for real. Timeline: [X] 1.28: Update ApiPurge to emit a warning and log usage if used via GET [X] 1.28: Communicate the deprecation to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [X] 1.28/1.29: Review the usage statistics in [[https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/dashboard/api-feature-usage|Kibana]], potentially alert high users directly [X] 1.29: Announce removal date to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [X] 1.29: Update ApiPurge to require POST [] 1.29: If possible, revert c84ba4d8.

T135170 initially wanted to do this, but for some reason ended up doing c84ba4d8 instead to make purging more complex and fragile. Let's do it for real. Timeline: [X] 1.28: Update ApiPurge to emit a warning and log usage if used via GET [X] 1.28: Communicate the deprecation to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [X] 1.28/1.29: Review the usage statistics in [[https://logstash.wikimedia.org/app/kibana#/dashboard/api-feature-usage|Kibana]], potentially alert high users directly [X] 1.29: Announce removal date to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list [X] 1.29: Update ApiPurge to require POST [] 1.29: If possible, revert c84ba4d8.