Add a test to check that no old msgid or symbol are used

Closes #5729

tests/message/test_no_removed_msgid_or_symbol_used.py

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+# Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/main/LICENSE
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, NamedTuple, Tuple
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from pylint.lint import PyLinter
+
+
+class DeletedMessage(NamedTuple):
+    msgid: str
+    symbol: str
+    old_names: List[Tuple[str, str]]
+
+
+OLD_MSGID_SYMBOL_PAIR = [
+    DeletedMessage("W1601", "apply-builtin", []),
+]
+
+
+def test_no_removed_msgid_or_symbol_used(linter: "PyLinter") -> None:
+    """Tests that we're not using deleted msgid or symbol.
+
+    This would be causing occasional bug, but more than that confusion and inconsistencies
+    when searching for the msgid online. See https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/5729
+    """
+    for msgid, symbol, old_names in OLD_MSGID_SYMBOL_PAIR:
+        linter.msgs_store.message_id_store.register_message_definition(
+            msgid, symbol, old_names
+        )