Script for deleting Files with No Global Usage

[iamentry]

This is a script FO wrote for me a while back that allows to easily delete files on Commons that have no usage across the wikis. I've only ever used it on Category:Unknown License as a way to make checking usage easier when I went on deletion runs.

The addition of this code is the only change from the normal deletion script:

        """Skip files with global usage"""
        if not self.opt.undelete and page.exists() and page.namespace() == Namespace.FILE:
            global_usage = page.site.simple_request(action='query', prop='globalusage', titles=page.title()).submit()
            if len(global_usage['query']['pages'][str(page.pageid)]['globalusage']) > 0:
                pywikibot.info(f'Skipping: {page} has global usage.')
                return True

[hjpalpha]

imo add it into delete.py

[iamentry]

imo add it into delete.py

As a param? I'm not quite sure how to

[hjpalpha]

imo add it into delete.py

As a param? I'm not quite sure how to

personally i would envision a param ala -checkfilesforglobalusage (if someone has something shorter go for it)
and then if that param is set you add the check you mentioned in the summary

you could take the open/closed prs as examples

if you need help with it lmk, i can look into it when i have some time inbetween meetings etc in the next days/weeks
(after i finished the infobox standardization (outside of dota2))

[mbergen]

personally i would envision a param ala -checkfilesforglobalusage (if someone has something shorter go for it)

Is there a good reason not to remove the namespace check and call it -checkglobalusage?

Could also think about whether we just want to have it on by default and a flag to disable it.

[hjpalpha]

personally i would envision a param ala -checkfilesforglobalusage (if someone has something shorter go for it)

Is there a good reason not to remove the namespace check and call it -checkglobalusage?

yeah was thinking about that too
might be a good idea

Could also think about whether we just want to have it on by default and a flag to disable it.

if we do that limit it to commons
like if you do a deletion run on a wiki you just do not care about global usage :P

[mbergen]

if we do that limit it to commons
like if you do a deletion run on a wiki you just do not care about global usage :P

We could check local usage in these cases - however there are not many occasions for non-commons bot deletions, right?

[hjpalpha]

if we do that limit it to commons
like if you do a deletion run on a wiki you just do not care about global usage :P

We could check local usage in these cases - however there are not many occasions for non-commons bot deletions, right?

not often, no
mostly when nuking redirects into user space

[hjpalpha]

superseded by #7