def delete_dataset(
        self, dataset, delete_contents=False, retry=DEFAULT_RETRY, not_found_ok=False
    ):
        """Delete a dataset.

        See
        https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/datasets/delete

        Args
            dataset (Union[ \
                :class:`~google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.Dataset`, \
                :class:`~google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.DatasetReference`, \
                str, \
            ]):
                A reference to the dataset to delete. If a string is passed
                in, this method attempts to create a dataset reference from a
                string using
                :func:`google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.DatasetReference.from_string`.
            delete_contents (boolean):
                (Optional) If True, delete all the tables in the dataset. If
                False and the dataset contains tables, the request will fail.
                Default is False.
            retry (:class:`google.api_core.retry.Retry`):
                (Optional) How to retry the RPC.
            not_found_ok (bool):
                Defaults to ``False``. If ``True``, ignore "not found" errors
                when deleting the dataset.
        """
        if isinstance(dataset, str):
            dataset = DatasetReference.from_string(
                dataset, default_project=self.project
            )

        if not isinstance(dataset, (Dataset, DatasetReference)):
            raise TypeError("dataset must be a Dataset or a DatasetReference")

        params = {}
        if delete_contents:
            params["deleteContents"] = "true"

        try:
            self._call_api(
                retry, method="DELETE", path=dataset.path, query_params=params
            )
        except google.api_core.exceptions.NotFound:
            if not not_found_ok:
                raise
Delete a dataset.

        See
        https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/rest/v2/datasets/delete

        Args
            dataset (Union[ \
                :class:`~google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.Dataset`, \
                :class:`~google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.DatasetReference`, \
                str, \
            ]):
                A reference to the dataset to delete. If a string is passed
                in, this method attempts to create a dataset reference from a
                string using
                :func:`google.cloud.bigquery.dataset.DatasetReference.from_string`.
            delete_contents (boolean):
                (Optional) If True, delete all the tables in the dataset. If
                False and the dataset contains tables, the request will fail.
                Default is False.
            retry (:class:`google.api_core.retry.Retry`):
                (Optional) How to retry the RPC.
            not_found_ok (bool):
                Defaults to ``False``. If ``True``, ignore "not found" errors
                when deleting the dataset.