You could do this in phpMyAdmin (if you have it up) or write your own PHP script that accesses the database and searches in mySQL (where the search you want is right easy) and then delete the entries. Would be simple PHP (just a database connection and an SQL query or two -- one search, one delete), but be careful of dead links appearing on pages that you retain! If, on the other hand, you need to review the pages before you delete, let the script print out a list of the links instead of deleting.
If this is an option, write back and I'll post some sample code for you to modify. ~ Manfred >Is it possible using API.php to search for page titles in a specified >namespace that have been last modified between two dates? I know I can use >rvprop to get revision history of pages but it requires one to specify which >pages. I kinda want to reverse that, specify the dates and return the page >names. I am guessing this can be done by using a generator to list all pages >and send it to prop? > >Our wiki just has many old and outdated pages created over the past few >years and we want to remove these page. I am hoping to find a way to help >automate this process rather then going page by page >< > >If it's not possible doing it via the API, is there some other alternative >method for doing this? > >Walter Mazza >_______________________________________________ >MediaWiki-l mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
