Word description Makes a call to a MediaWiki API. Retries on certain error conditions. Uses a maxlag value of 5 and, in the case of replication lag, pauses for the amount of time specified by the API. Pauses 10 minutes on non-200 status codes and 5 minutes when the database is set to readonly. Prints debug information on non-200 status codes and JSON parse failure. Prints API warnings and errors.