diff -r 4a42d700c52d -r 11899d28337f web/views/editcontroller.py
--- a/web/views/editcontroller.py	Fri Mar 12 10:52:43 2010 +0100
+++ b/web/views/editcontroller.py	Fri Mar 12 10:53:15 2010 +0100
@@ -250,6 +250,25 @@
             for reid in seteids:
                 self.relations_rql.append((rql, {'x': eid, 'y': reid}, ('x', 'y')))
 
+    def delete_entities(self, eidtypes):
+        """delete entities from the repository"""
+        redirect_info = set()
+        eidtypes = tuple(eidtypes)
+        for eid, etype in eidtypes:
+            entity = self._cw.entity_from_eid(eid, etype)
+            path, params = entity.after_deletion_path()
+            redirect_info.add( (path, tuple(params.iteritems())) )
+            entity.delete()
+        if len(redirect_info) > 1:
+            # In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
+            self._after_deletion_path = 'view', ()
+        else:
+            self._after_deletion_path = iter(redirect_info).next()
+        if len(eidtypes) > 1:
+            self._cw.set_message(self._cw._('entities deleted'))
+        else:
+            self._cw.set_message(self._cw._('entity deleted'))
+
     def _action_apply(self):
         self._default_publish()
         self.reset()