diff --git a/i18n/en.json b/i18n/en.json
index 8a9d5eb8..ca52cb69 100644
--- a/i18n/en.json
+++ b/i18n/en.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 	"nuke-maxpages": "Maximum number of pages:",
 	"nuke-editby": "Created by [[Special:Contributions/$1|{{GENDER:$1|$1}}]]",
 	"nuke-deleted": "Page '''$1''' has been deleted.",
+	"nuke-deletion-queued": "Page '''$1''' has been queued for deletion.",
 	"nuke-not-deleted": "Page [[:$1]] '''could not''' be deleted.",
 	"nuke-delete-more": "[[Special:Nuke|Delete more pages]]",
 	"nuke-pattern": "SQL LIKE pattern (e.g. %) for the page name:",
diff --git a/i18n/qqq.json b/i18n/qqq.json
index 37f66801..784b2671 100644
--- a/i18n/qqq.json
+++ b/i18n/qqq.json
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 	"nuke-maxpages": "Used as label for \"nuke limit\" input box.",
 	"nuke-editby": "This message is followed by {{msg-mw|Comma-separator}} and {{msg-mw|Nuke-viewchanges}}.\n\nParameters:\n* $1 - a username",
 	"nuke-deleted": "Used as success result of deletion. Parameters:\n* $1 - page title\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Nuke-not-deleted}}",
+	"nuke-deletion-queued": "Used when the page is queued for deletion. Parameters:\n* $1 - page title\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Nuke-deleted}}",
 	"nuke-not-deleted": "Used as failure result of deletion. Parameters:\n* $1 - page title\nSee also:\n* {{msg-mw|Nuke-deleted}}",
 	"nuke-delete-more": "Used at the bottom of the Nuke (mass deletion) result page.",
 	"nuke-pattern": "Used as label for \"nuke pattern\" input box.",
diff --git a/includes/SpecialNuke.php b/includes/SpecialNuke.php
index 535c88d7..50f98dbc 100644
--- a/includes/SpecialNuke.php
+++ b/includes/SpecialNuke.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace MediaWiki\Extension\Nuke;
 
+use DeletePageJob;
 use FileDeleteForm;
 use Html;
 use HTMLForm;
@@ -14,7 +15,6 @@ use Title;
 use User;
 use UserBlockedError;
 use UserNamePrefixSearch;
-use WikiPage;
 use Xml;
 
 class SpecialNuke extends SpecialPage {
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ class SpecialNuke extends SpecialPage {
 	 */
 	protected function doDelete( array $pages, $reason ) {
 		$res = [];
+		$jobs = [];
 		$user = $this->getUser();
 
 		$services = MediaWikiServices::getInstance();
@@ -379,17 +380,29 @@ class SpecialNuke extends SpecialPage {
 					$user
 				);
 			} else {
-				$status = WikiPage::factory( $title )
-					->doDeleteArticleReal( $reason, $user );
+				$job = new DeletePageJob( [
+					'namespace' => $title->getNamespace(),
+					'title' => $title->getId(),
+					'reason' => $reason,
+					'userId' => $user->getId()
+				] );
+				$jobs[] = $job;
+				$status = 'job';
 			}
 
-			if ( $status->isOK() ) {
+			if ( $status == 'job' ) {
+				$res[] = $this->msg( 'nuke-deletion-queued', $title->getPrefixedText() )->parse();
+			} elseif ( $status->isOK() ) {
 				$res[] = $this->msg( 'nuke-deleted', $title->getPrefixedText() )->parse();
 			} else {
 				$res[] = $this->msg( 'nuke-not-deleted', $title->getPrefixedText() )->parse();
 			}
 		}
 
+		if ( $jobs ) {
+			MediaWikiServices::getInstance()->getJobQueueGroup()->push( $jobs );
+		}
+
 		$this->getOutput()->addHTML(
 			"<ul>\n<li>" .
 			implode( "</li>\n<li>", $res ) .