A script that will delete and protect pages on a MediaWiki based wiki from a textfile.

protect.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

from simplemediawiki import MediaWiki
import getpass
import sys

# Do these serve an actual purpose?
__author__ = '[[User:Jr Mime]]'
__version__ = '1.0'

# Print welcome message
print 'Welcome to the automated page protection & deletion system.\n'

# Gather user input
username = raw_input('Username: ')
password = raw_input('Password: ')
site = raw_input('Wiki sub-domain (community): ')
tfile = raw_input('Name of text file (foo.txt): ')

# Set url
wiki = MediaWiki('http://' + site + '.wikia.com/api.php')

# Login function
def login(username, password, wiki):

    # Attempt login
    if wiki.login(username, password) is True:

        print 'Login successful!'
    else:

        print 'Login failed!'
        sys.exit()


# Get edit token
def getToken():

    # Query string
    query = {
        'action': 'query',
        'prop': 'info',
        'intoken': 'edit',
        'titles': 'Main_Page',
        'format': 'json',
        }

    # Query
    q = wiki.call(query)['query']['pages']

    for i in q:

        # Try query
        try:

            wiki.token = q[i]['edittoken']
            return wiki.token
        except:

            wiki.token = None
            print 'Failed to get delete token!'
            return False


# Delete page
def delete(line, token):

    # Query string
    query = {
        'action': 'delete',
        'title': line,
        'reason': 'Bot - deleting non-question material that has escaped the filter',
        'format': 'json',
        'token': token,
        }
    try:

        # Attempt query
        wiki.call(query)
    except:

        print 'Error'
    else:

        print 'Successfully deleted ' + line


# Protect page
def protect(line, token):

    # Query string
    query = {
        'action': 'protect',
        'title': line,
        'reason': 'Bot - protecting non-question material that has escaped the filter',
        'format': 'json',
        'protections': 'create=sysop',
        'expiry': 'infinite',
        'token': token,
        }

    try:

        # Attempt query
        wiki.call(query)
    except:

        print 'Error'
    else:

        print 'Successfully protected ' + line


# Start processing textfile
def startProcess(tfile, token):

    # Read file line by line
    with open(tfile) as infile:

        for line in infile:

            # Delete page
            delete(line, token)

            # Protect page
            protect(line, token)


# Login to the wiki
print 'Attempting to login to ' + site + '.\n'
login(username, password, wiki)

# Get edit token
print 'Attempting to fetch token.\n'
token = getToken()

# Start processing
startProcess(tfile, token)