catch exceptions while generating auto delete reason

diff --git a/includes/Article.php b/includes/Article.php
index 249d48f..5470dbc 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/Article.php
+++ b/includes/Article.php
@@ -1384,7 +1384,13 @@ class Article extends Page {
                // Generate deletion reason
                $hasHistory = false;
                if ( !$reason ) {
-                       $reason = $this->generateReason( $hasHistory );
+            try {
+                $reason = $this->generateReason( $hasHistory );
+            } catch (MWException $e) {
+                # if a page is horribly broken, we still want to be able to delete it. so be lenient about errors here.
+                wfDebug("Error while building auto delete summary: $e");
+                $reason = '';
+            }
                }
 
                // If the page has a history, insert a warning