https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18291
Summary: rebuildrecentchanges zaps all deletions due to looking
in wrong table
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.15-svn
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: Normal
Component: RecentChanges
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: jida...@jidanni.org
Delete a page, check RecentChanges for the entry, there you see it.
Now run rebuildrecentchanges.php. Check RecentChanges... it is gone!
The problem is that rebuildrecentchanges.inc assumes that
'log_namespace=page_namespace',
'log_title=page_title',
can also be applied to deletions.
But deleted pages will not have an entry in the page table! Don't look
for them in the page table, instead please separately look for them in
the archive table!
Users are angry: "Why is the administrator deleting articles behind
our backs? If there is a problem with an article I wrote, then go
ahead and delete it, but at least don't try to cover up the evidence
that you did!"
The administrator replies: "The deletions are right there in
RecentChanges, along with my carefully worded reasons ... until one
day I ran rebuildrecentchanges.php!"
(Feel free to recategorized this bug under "Maintenance scripts".
I'm just noting that it ruins what is seen on the special page RecentChanges.)
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