Tech:Delete a wiki

Deleting a wiki is a fairly simple process if you have the required rights (operations) and follow the process below.

A wiki must be marked as deleted through the ManageWiki interface before it can be deleted. This is simply going to Special:ManageWiki/$dbname on metawiki.

Performing the deletion:
 * Run
 * You will then receive SQL DROP DATABASE syntax that you can use to run on the relevant database server.

Wikis are put on a timer - meaning they can only be deleted after a certain number of days (by Dormancy Policy, this is 14 days). In order to delete a wiki which has been deleted within this period, you must:
 * Open up eval.php
 * Run the following code:
 * Drop the database on the database server.