From: Sy Ali sy1234@gmail.com
... apparently going into the database would indeed be required to purge history.. but such things are not for me...
I think anyone who is going to administer a MediaWiki site would benefit from learning something about MySQL.
If you're someone who does a lot of web stuff, that learning would not be limited to one application, either, as the PHP/MySQL combo is used on hundreds of free web applications.
There are also numerous GUI tools for administering a MySQL database, that span the range from free to thousands of dollars. My favorite (although it lacks a thing or two that cause me to run off to some other tool now and then) is phpMyAdmin, which is free.
As when learning anything, work on a backup. Record the manual steps you take to accomplish your goal. Then try to do them in a script. Then instead of ranting, submit your work for the benefit of all, and become a famous contributor, rather than an infamous ranter!
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