Manual:deleteBatch.php

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MediaWiki File: deleteBatch.php
Location: /maintenance/
Source code: HEAD

1.15.11.14.11.6.12

Classes: None

deleteBatch.php is a maintenance script located in the maintenance directory that can be used to delete a batch of pages.

[edit] Usage

 php deleteBatch.php somepages.txt  (This will delete the pages contained in the text file "somepages.txt")
Option/Parameter Description
-u <user> Username that will be shown in the log entries. If left empty, deletions will be attributed to the user called Delete page script.
-r <reason> Reason for deletions. If empty, no reason will be shown in the logs.
-i <interval> Number of seconds to sleep after each deletion.
<listfile> A file (located in the maintenance directory) where each line contains the title of a page to be deleted.


[edit] See also