User: Allow newSystemUser() to create over anonymous actors

[lhc/web/wiklou.git] / maintenance / deleteDefaultMessages.php

diff --git a/maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php b/maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php
index 326073f..d93be2b 100644 (file)
--- a/maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php
+++ b/maintenance/deleteDefaultMessages.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class DeleteDefaultMessages extends Maintenance {
 
                // Deletions will be made by $user temporarly added to the bot group
                // in order to hide it in RecentChanges.
-               $user = User::newFromName( 'MediaWiki default' );
+               $user = User::newSystemUser( 'MediaWiki default', [ 'steal' => true ] );
                if ( !$user ) {
                        $this->fatalError( "Invalid username" );
                }