diff --git a/lib/api/mediawiki.js b/lib/api/mediawiki.js
index 5dc2b7b..2af925b 100644
--- a/lib/api/mediawiki.js
+++ b/lib/api/mediawiki.js
@@ -27,9 +27,26 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 	constructor (wikiURL, {killPage}) {
 		this.wikiURL = wikiURL;
 		this.killPage = killPage;
+		this.lastKillPageCheck = 0; // first check is triggered after login
 		this.fetch = makeFetchCookie(fetch);
 	}
 
+	/** Checks the kill page if needed, killing the process if not empty. */
+	async tryKillPageCheck () {
+		if (!this.killPage) return;
+		// wait at least 10 seconds since the last check
+		if (Date.now() > this.lastKillPageCheck + 10 * 1000) return;
+		this.lastKillPageCheck = Date.now();
+
+		const response = await this.fetch(`${this.wikiURL}/index.php?action=raw&title=${encodeURIComponent(this.killPage)}`);
+		const content = await response.text();
+		if (content.trim()) {
+			console.error('*** Kill page is not empty; stopping ***\n');
+			console.error(content);
+			process.exit(1);
+		}
+	};
+
 	/**
 	 * Makes a GET request against `index.php`.
 	 * @param {Record<string, string>} params Query string parameters
@@ -71,6 +88,7 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 	 * @returns {Promise<any>}
 	 */
 	async fetchApiPost (params, options = {}) {
+		await this.tryKillPageCheck();
 		const response = await this.fetch(`${this.wikiURL}/api.php`, {
 			...options,
 			method: 'POST',
@@ -128,20 +146,6 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 		if (body.login.result === 'Failed') {
 			throw new Error(body.login.reason);
 		}
-
-		if (this.killPage) {
-			// start the kill page check loop as soon as we're logged in
-			const checkKillPage = async () => {
-				let content = await this.readPage(this.killPage);
-				if (content.trim()) {
-					console.error('*** Kill page is not empty; stopping ***\n');
-					console.error(content);
-					process.exit(1);
-				}
-				setTimeout(checkKillPage, 30 * 1000); // every 30 seconds
-			};
-			checkKillPage();
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -182,6 +186,19 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 		return body;
 	}
 
+	async purgePages (titles) {
+		if (!titles.length) return;
+
+		// mediawiki has a 50 title per request limit, so we grab the first 50
+		// and recurse to handle the rest
+		let currentTitles = titles.splice(0, 50);
+		const body = await this.fetchApiPost({
+			action: 'purge',
+			titles: currentTitles.join('|'),
+		});
+		return this.purgePages(titles);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 *
 	 * @param {string} from The page's current name
@@ -239,4 +256,28 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 		});
 		return body.query.categorymembers;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the list of a user's contributions.
+	 * @param {string} username Name of the user whose contribs should be fetched
+	 * @param {object} options
+	 * @param {number | number[] | '*'} [options.namespaces] List of namespaces from which to return results
+	 * @param {number} [options.limit] Maximum number of items to return
+	 * @param {string} [options.show] See the documentation of `ucshow` at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Usercontribs
+	 * @returns {Promise<{pageid: string; revid: string; timestamp: string; title: string}[]>}
+	 */
+	async listUserContribs (username, {namespaces = '*', limit = 50, show}) {
+		if (Array.isArray(namespaces)) {
+			namespaces = namespaces.join('|');
+		}
+		const body = await this.fetchApiGet({
+			action: 'query',
+			list: 'usercontribs',
+			ucuser: username,
+			uclimit: limit,
+			ucnamespace: namespaces,
+			ucshow: show,
+		});
+		return body.query.usercontribs;
+	}
 }