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Change subject: Implement deletetalk option for older MediaWiki versions ......................................................................

Implement deletetalk option for older MediaWiki versions

- Make deletetalk delete the talk page for mw_version < 1.38wmf24 - Add tests for older MediaWiki behavior

Bug: T420176 Change-Id: I66dd198ea78c33dc8964214a3ff7c7ba187ba77f --- M pywikibot/site/_apisite.py 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Approvals: Xqt: Verified; Looks good to me, approved

diff --git a/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py b/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py index b1f9072..51c04de 100644 --- a/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py +++ b/pywikibot/site/_apisite.py @@ -2693,9 +2693,12 @@

if deletetalk: if self.mw_version < '1.38wmf24': - pywikibot.warning( - f'deletetalk is not available on {self.mw_version}' - ) + if not page.isTalkPage(): + talk_page = page.toggleTalkPage() + talk_page.delete(reason=reason, prompt=False) + else: + raise ValueError('Cannot use "deletetalk" when deleting ' + 'a talk page.') else: params['deletetalk'] = deletetalk