On Feb 5, 2008 11:17 AM, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
For [[Oxygen]], the first edit logged in the database
is mine,
September 15, *2001*. However, when you click on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxygen&oldid=271622
be surprised to find a link to "older version", pointing to an edit
from September 2, *2002*:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oxygen&direction=prev&old…
It's sorting by rev_id, apparently, not date. Presumably the import
script didn't preserve the original ID order.