Tech:Deleting and moving batches of pages on a wiki

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To delete or move large batches of pages on a wiki, use the following steps with the deleteBatch.php or moveBatch.php MediaWiki maintenance scripts:

• Login to mwtask181 (the active maintenance server).
• Upload a text file (e.g. subdomain.txt) to your shell account. This file should list the pages to be deleted or moved — including namespaces, if applicable.
• Run the appropriate maintenance script using mwscript. Replace the placeholders with actual values:

mwscript deleteBatch wikidbname --u="Miraheze maintenance script" --r="[[phorge:T###|Requested]]" /home/yourshellusername/subdomain.txt

Or, if moving pages instead of deleting:

mwscript moveBatch wikidbname --u="Miraheze maintenance script" --r="[[phorge:T###|Requested]]" /home/yourshellusername/subdomain.txt

Note: Use moveBatch.php or deleteBatch.php as appropriate. You may need to use additional arguments then what is mentioned here.

• Logout once your task is complete on mwtask181.

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