Roan Kattouw wrote:
It's possible to get them, just not in export XML format. You can get them the 'usual' way with e.g.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop... http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&rvprop... (5 most recent revisions of Main Page before Jan 1, 2009).
this seems to give the 5 revisions exactly before rvstart is this true ? can you give a link to the api ?