[Pywikipedia-l] SVN: [6017] trunk/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py

[misza13 at svn.wikimedia.org]

Revision: 6017
Author:   misza13
Date:     2008-10-25 12:13:08 +0000 (Sat, 25 Oct 2008)

Log Message:
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Fix post parameters - when saving a new page, edittime and starttime must also be non-empty (changed in r42037 of mediawiki).

Modified Paths:
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    trunk/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py

Modified: trunk/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py
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--- trunk/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py	2008-10-25 11:32:44 UTC (rev 6016)
+++ trunk/pywikipedia/wikipedia.py	2008-10-25 12:13:08 UTC (rev 6017)
@@ -1375,14 +1375,11 @@
         # Add server lag parameter (see config.py for details)
         if config.maxlag:
             predata['maxlag'] = str(config.maxlag)
-        # Except if the page is new, we need to supply the time of the
-        # previous version to the wiki to prevent edit collisions
-        if newPage:
-            predata['wpEdittime'] = ''
-            predata['wpStarttime'] = ''
-        else:
-            predata['wpEdittime'] = self._editTime
-            predata['wpStarttime'] = self._startTime
+        # <s>Except if the page is new, we need to supply the time of the
+        # previous version to the wiki to prevent edit collisions</s>
+        # As of Oct 2008, these must be filled also for new pages
+        predata['wpEdittime'] = self._editTime
+        predata['wpStarttime'] = self._startTime
         if self._revisionId:
             predata['baseRevId'] = self._revisionId
         # Pass the minorEdit and watchArticle arguments to the Wiki.