I know about these... it's not the same thing.  

On Jul 26, 2010, at 3:48 PM, OQ wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 3:07 PM, Jim Hu <ji...@tamu.edu> wrote:
>> We would like to both cut down on the space used by the revisions table, and 
>> change the way we count user participation by compressing revision histories 
>> when users do multiple consecutive saves within a single short time.
>> 
>> In maintenance, I see that there are scripts to just delete specific 
>> revisions by id from the revisions table.  So, we're thinking that we would 
>> run a script to delete revisions based on some criteria, and also make an 
>> extension that hooks at ArticleSave
>> or ArticleSaveComplete to delete prior revisions by the same user if they 
>> are within a specified time period.
>> 
>> Before trying this, I thought I'd ask to see if
>> - anyone sees potential problems.
>> - its been done already
>> 
> 
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:CompressOld.php
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgCompressRevisions
> 
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Jim Hu
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Texas A&M Univ.
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