Pywikibot/delete.py

This script can be used to delete pages en masse.

You will need an admin account on the relevant wiki.

Also add:

sysopnames['wikipedia']['en'] = 'adminname'

To user-config.py

Where ['wikipedia'] is the name of the mediawiki

'adminname' is the username

Examples:

Delete everything in the category "To delete" without prompting.

   python delete.py -category:"To delete" -always

Delete everything in the pages lined to the page, without prompting.

   python delete.py "deletepage" -always

-category: Delete all pages in the given category.
-links: Delete all pages linked from a given page.
-always Don't prompt to delete pages, just do it.
-summary: Supply a custom edit summary.