API talk:Delete

Extension: only deleting a specified revision
It would be very useful to introduce a new parameter for deleting a given revision of a page. In order to delete a only one or very few revisions of a page, an administrator needs to delete a page, select all revisions not to be deleted and restore these. This is causes problems if there are already deleted versions (typical for copyvios) and especially when deleting a page with a very high number of revisions. --Complex 23:50, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Deleting individual revisions in the UI is being worked on. When it's available in the UI, it'll also be implemented in the API. --Catrope 11:31, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Fine :-) --Complex 18:54, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Working
Hello, i just would like to know if this function currently work on Wikipedia ? I can get the token without problem, but next, i test POST, GET, a lot param in POST or GET, both... action=delete, and action=edit (documentation talk about "edit" !) i always receive. Any body can test ? I dont understand where im wrong. Bayo 15:02, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * That's because action=delete (along with the rest of the edit API) is disabled on Wikipedia. --Catrope 15:56, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank a lot. I dont realy understand why, because i easily create the same using /w/index.php&... (i hop we can use it soon if we are a bot or an admin). In this restriction, is it possible to generate a more helpful error message ("write API is disabled"). Thank for your help. Bayo 11:15, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Javascript examples
Please refrain from javascript examples here, as this section describes how to use MediaWiki core API, whereas javascript is a client library that uses that API. --Yurik (talk) 05:52, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Extension: only deleting a specified revision == It would be very useful to introduce a new parameter for deleting a given revision of a page. In order to delete a only one or very few revisions of a page, an administrator needs to delete a page, select all revisions not to be deleted and restore these. This is causes problems if there are already deleted versions (typical for copyvios) and especially when deleting a page with a very high number of revisions. --Complex 23:50 ==

--136.158.57.221 18:34, 19 March 2021 (UTC)

Bot flag ?
If possible(?), what do I need to do to get page-delete's flagged as bot edits (when using API, MediaWiki:1.36.1) ?

(I'm using an account with bot privileges) --MvGulik (talk) 18:16, 13 January 2022 (UTC)


 * Thought it might be because:
 * - 1) I was not using main credentials at "login". Changed that to using BotPassword credentials. No change however.
 * - 2) I forgot the high-volume editing grant at BotPassword settings. Fixed that too, still on change however.
 * - ?) Not seeing high-volume inside "userinfo" though.
 * (same issue with creating pages I see, even when using "bot" in "Edit" call. : MvGulik (talk) 14:06, 14 January 2022 (UTC)