Deleting pages from the WebUI

[PhilippKammann]

Describe your suggested feature

Problem

Some scanlation groups put the chapter number in the scanner page and these pages won't be recognized as duplicate pages and therefore not automatically deleted.
The scanner pages replace the actual thumbnail and/or shift the page numbering and break up two-pages spreads in the double-pages layout.

Solution I would like

The ability to delete pages directly from the WebUI (as an admin)

My current solution

Going through the files on my server and deleting the page manually from the archive.

Other details

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[profzelonka]

A good simple implementation could look in the same form of the current ability to "Download current page" when reading a comic and clicking on the three dots in the top corner, just "Delete current page". A more complex one would be a neat "Mark to delete page" option which would queue pages for a cron to complete at scheduled time, kind of like the current functionality of deleting duplicate pages.
(Love the app, thanks for all the work on it.)

[trx1138]

My current solution
Going through the files on my server and deleting the page manually from the archive.

I've been doing the same painful process and came by to suggest another duplicate, manual page deletion.
in my case, I'm running automated archiving from various sources with quite complicated filters but sometimes there's still unwanted pages included.
unfortunately, post process for this kind of unwanted pages can not be automated and needs manual intervention.
moreover, due to security reasons and etc, I have to do this all by myself even if I'm not interested in a certain series. :(
so a new user privilege to delete or mark to delete unwanted will be great addition, especially if one's running automated archiving.

really hope #800 and its duplicates could be accepted.

[gotson]

@PhilippKammann would you want to only delete the page, or mark the page as a duplicate somehow so it shows in the Duplicate Pages ?

Deleting the page would be limited to some books for which repackaging can be done, most likely rar4, cbz, maybe PDF. Epub that are divina compatible would be more complex as it would require to repack the epub with a modified manifest.

Is the page usually at the beginning or end of the book ? Deleting the page could potentially trigger a book update event, which would instruct the webui to reload the book, which could disrupt the reading experience.

Also wanted to check whether you are interested in actually deleting the image inside the archive, or mark the page as deleted and somehow not show it (whether in the API or other medium) ?