diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b6261a..8d3536e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -316,7 +316,10 @@ resources, so the default module-only extraction does not prune assets.
 `topdata.wiki.status_listing_scope` controls the generated wiki-status detail
 pages. The default `all` writes both per-namespace listings and aggregate
 `meta:wikistatus:<status>` listings. Use `namespace` when aggregate status
-lists would be too large for the target NodeBB post limit.
+lists would be too large for the target NodeBB post limit. Set
+`topdata.wiki.status_pages: false` to omit status pages entirely; existing
+tracked status pages then become stale deploy-manifest entries and can be
+removed with `deploy-wiki --stale-policy purge`.
 
 GFF JSON extraction can merge selected fields and lists from the existing source
 file instead of replacing the whole extracted document. Rules are matched by
diff --git a/internal/project/effective.go b/internal/project/effective.go
index 66f7c22..d66e0ac 100644
--- a/internal/project/effective.go
+++ b/internal/project/effective.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const (
 	DefaultTopDataWikiMarkerFormat         = "html_comments"
 	DefaultTopDataWikiPageMarkerPrefix     = "sow-topdata-wiki"
 	DefaultTopDataWikiTitlePrefixMinLength = 3
+	DefaultTopDataWikiStatusPages          = true
 	DefaultTopDataWikiStatusListingScope   = "all"
 	DefaultWikiDeployManifest              = ".wiki_deploy_manifest.json"
 	DefaultWikiDeployEditSummary           = "Auto-generated from native builder"
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@ func (p *Project) EffectiveConfig() EffectiveConfig {
 			TemplatesDir:         defaultString(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.TemplatesDir, DefaultTopDataWikiTemplatesDir),
 			ManualSectionsDir:    defaultString(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.ManualSectionsDir, DefaultTopDataWikiManualSectionsDir),
 			TitlePrefixMinLength: defaultInt(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.TitlePrefixMinLength, DefaultTopDataWikiTitlePrefixMinLength),
+			StatusPages:          defaultBoolPointer(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.StatusPages, DefaultTopDataWikiStatusPages),
 			StatusListingScope:   defaultString(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.StatusListingScope, DefaultTopDataWikiStatusListingScope),
 			StalePages: TopDataWikiStalePagesConfig{
 				Default:     defaultString(p.Config.TopData.Wiki.StalePages.Default, DefaultTopDataWikiStaleDefault),
@@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ func markMissingDefaults(provenance ConfigProvenance) {
 		"topdata.wiki.templates_dir":                     DefaultTopDataWikiTemplatesDir,
 		"topdata.wiki.manual_sections_dir":               DefaultTopDataWikiManualSectionsDir,
 		"topdata.wiki.title_prefix_min_length":           "3",
+		"topdata.wiki.status_pages":                      "true",
 		"topdata.wiki.status_listing_scope":              DefaultTopDataWikiStatusListingScope,
 		"topdata.wiki.stale_pages.default":               DefaultTopDataWikiStaleDefault,
 		"topdata.wiki.stale_pages.live_cleanup":          DefaultTopDataWikiStaleLiveCleanup,
@@ -538,6 +541,14 @@ func defaultInt(value, fallback int) int {
 	return value
 }
 
+func defaultBoolPointer(value *bool, fallback bool) *bool {
+	out := fallback
+	if value != nil {
+		out = *value
+	}
+	return &out
+}
+
 func defaultStringSlice(value, fallback []string) []string {
 	if len(value) == 0 {
 		return slices.Clone(fallback)
diff --git a/internal/project/project.go b/internal/project/project.go
index d73d2a1..d68543e 100644
--- a/internal/project/project.go
+++ b/internal/project/project.go
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ type TopDataWikiConfig struct {
 	TemplatesDir         string                         `json:"templates_dir" yaml:"templates_dir"`
 	ManualSectionsDir    string                         `json:"manual_sections_dir" yaml:"manual_sections_dir"`
 	TitlePrefixMinLength int                            `json:"title_prefix_min_length" yaml:"title_prefix_min_length"`
+	StatusPages          *bool                          `json:"status_pages,omitempty" yaml:"status_pages,omitempty"`
 	StatusListingScope   string                         `json:"status_listing_scope" yaml:"status_listing_scope"`
 	StalePages           TopDataWikiStalePagesConfig    `json:"stale_pages" yaml:"stale_pages"`
 	ManagedRegion        TopDataWikiManagedRegionConfig `json:"managed_region" yaml:"managed_region"`
diff --git a/internal/project/project_test.go b/internal/project/project_test.go
index 217f446..45db165 100644
--- a/internal/project/project_test.go
+++ b/internal/project/project_test.go
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ topdata:
     deploy_manifest: wiki-manifest.json
     deploy_edit_summary: Custom summary
     title_prefix_min_length: 4
+    status_pages: false
     status_listing_scope: namespace
     stale_pages:
       default: report
@@ -367,6 +368,9 @@ autogen:
 	if got, want := effective.TopData.Wiki.TitlePrefixMinLength, 4; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("expected wiki title prefix minimum length %d, got %d", want, got)
 	}
+	if effective.TopData.Wiki.StatusPages == nil || *effective.TopData.Wiki.StatusPages {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wiki status pages to be disabled, got %#v", effective.TopData.Wiki.StatusPages)
+	}
 	if got, want := effective.TopData.Wiki.StatusListingScope, "namespace"; got != want {
 		t.Fatalf("expected wiki status listing scope %q, got %q", want, got)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/topdata/wiki_native.go b/internal/topdata/wiki_native.go
index 398f7de..8a1e932 100644
--- a/internal/topdata/wiki_native.go
+++ b/internal/topdata/wiki_native.go
@@ -233,8 +233,10 @@ func buildWiki(p *project.Project, nativeResult BuildResult, force bool, progres
 	if err := generateEntityPages(outputDir, ctx, writePage); err != nil {
 		return wikiResult{}, err
 	}
-	if err := generateStatusPages(outputDir, pageStatuses, pageTitles, p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki.ManagedNamespaces, p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki.StatusListingScope, manualSections, ctx); err != nil {
-		return wikiResult{}, err
+	if wikiStatusPagesEnabled(p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki) {
+		if err := generateStatusPages(outputDir, pageStatuses, pageTitles, p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki.ManagedNamespaces, p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki.StatusListingScope, manualSections, ctx); err != nil {
+			return wikiResult{}, err
+		}
 	}
 	if err := indexUnregisteredWikiPages(rootDir, outputDir, p.EffectiveConfig().TopData.Wiki.StalePages.Default, ctx, &pageIndex); err != nil {
 		return wikiResult{}, err
@@ -259,6 +261,10 @@ func buildWiki(p *project.Project, nativeResult BuildResult, force bool, progres
 	}, nil
 }
 
+func wikiStatusPagesEnabled(cfg project.TopDataWikiConfig) bool {
+	return cfg.StatusPages == nil || *cfg.StatusPages
+}
+
 func wikiCachedPagesAreCurrent(outputDir string, state wikiStateDocument) bool {
 	if state.Pages <= 0 {
 		return false
diff --git a/internal/topdata/wiki_native_test.go b/internal/topdata/wiki_native_test.go
index ad1c8ee..5da8f9d 100644
--- a/internal/topdata/wiki_native_test.go
+++ b/internal/topdata/wiki_native_test.go
@@ -316,6 +316,54 @@ func TestBuildNativeCanOmitAggregateWikiStatusListings(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBuildNativeCanDisableWikiStatusPages(t *testing.T) {
+	root := testProjectRoot(t)
+	mkdirAll(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "skills"))
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "base_dialog.json"), "{}\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "skills", "base.json"), `{
+  "output": "skills.2da",
+  "columns": ["Label", "Name", "Description", "HideFromLevelUp", "Untrained", "KeyAbility", "ArmorCheckPenalty", "Constant"],
+  "rows": [
+    {
+      "id": 0,
+      "key": "skills:athletics",
+      "Label": "Athletics",
+      "Name": {"tlk": {"key": "skills:athletics.name", "text": "Athletics"}},
+      "Description": {"tlk": {"key": "skills:athletics.description", "text": "Ability: Strength."}},
+      "HideFromLevelUp": "0",
+      "Untrained": "1",
+      "KeyAbility": "STR",
+      "ArmorCheckPenalty": "1",
+      "Constant": "SKILL_ATHLETICS"
+    }
+  ]
+}`+"\n")
+	writeFile(t, filepath.Join(root, "topdata", "data", "skills", "lock.json"), `{"skills:athletics":0}`+"\n")
+
+	disabled := false
+	proj := testProject(root)
+	proj.Config.TopData.ReferenceBuilder = ""
+	proj.Config.TopData.Wiki.StatusPages = &disabled
+
+	result, err := BuildNative(proj, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("BuildNative failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(root, ".cache", "wiki", "pages", "meta")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected wiki status pages to be disabled, got err=%v", err)
+	}
+	indexRaw, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(root, ".cache", "wiki", "page-index.json"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("read page index: %v", err)
+	}
+	if strings.Contains(string(indexRaw), `"namespace": "meta"`) || strings.Contains(string(indexRaw), `"meta:wikistatus`) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected disabled status pages to be omitted from page-index:\n%s", indexRaw)
+	}
+	if result.WikiPages != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected only entity page to be generated, got %d pages", result.WikiPages)
+	}
+}
+
 func countGeneratedWikiHTMLFiles(t *testing.T, root string) int {
 	t.Helper()
 	count := 0