Manual:deleteDefaultMessages.php
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<td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="<translate nowrap> The latest stable version is <tvar name=1>1.41</tvar></translate>">
<translate> ≥</translate> 1.6
| <translate> MediaWiki version:</translate> |
| MediaWiki file: deleteDefaultMessages.php | |
|---|---|
| Location: | maintenance/ |
| Source code: | master • 1.41.1 • 1.40.3 • 1.39.7 |
| Classes: | DeleteDefaultMessages |
Details
deleteDefaultMessages.php file is a maintenance script to delete all pages in the MediaWiki: namespace which were last edited by "MediaWiki default". Deletion will be done with the reason "No longer required".
Options
| Option | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| --dry-run | Perform a dry run, delete nothing | <translate> Optional</translate> |
Usage
php maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php
Terminal
$ php maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php --dry-run Checking existence of old default messages... * [[MediaWiki:Autoblockedtext]] * [[MediaWiki:Autoblocker]] * [[MediaWiki:Autoblocklist-summary]] * [[MediaWiki:Autoredircomment]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-blank]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-changed-redirect-target]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-new]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-newblank]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-removed-redirect]] * [[MediaWiki:Autosumm-replace]] Run again without --dry-run to delete these pages.
Terminal
$ php maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php Checking existence of old default messages... ...deleting old default messages (this may take a long time!)...done!
