Is it possible to completely erase edits from a wiki running mediawiki 1.8.1? If someone edits a page and puts some spam on it, is there a way to completely remove this edit from the revision history?
I know I can revert/rollback changes but the spam still remains accessible in the revision history. I want this to disappear completely as if it never happened. Is this possible through the web interface or do I have to go into the database directly?
My head is buzzing after an hour of browsing through manuals and searching in various lists and sites... Thanks a lot!
Gerald
On 11/21/06, Gerald Vogt vogt@spamcop.net wrote:
Is it possible to completely erase edits from a wiki running mediawiki 1.8.1? If someone edits a page and puts some spam on it, is there a way to completely remove this edit from the revision history?
I know I can revert/rollback changes but the spam still remains accessible in the revision history. I want this to disappear completely as if it never happened. Is this possible through the web interface or do I have to go into the database directly?
My head is buzzing after an hour of browsing through manuals and searching in various lists and sites... Thanks a lot!
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Oversight
If u dont want to install an extension, there is a workaround: Delte the article, and choose restore. There u choose to restore only the revisions, you want to keep in your wiki.
Regards, Jan
Gerald Vogt schrieb:
Is it possible to completely erase edits from a wiki running mediawiki 1.8.1? If someone edits a page and puts some spam on it, is there a way to completely remove this edit from the revision history?
I know I can revert/rollback changes but the spam still remains accessible in the revision history. I want this to disappear completely as if it never happened. Is this possible through the web interface or do I have to go into the database directly?
My head is buzzing after an hour of browsing through manuals and searching in various lists and sites... Thanks a lot!
Gerald
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On 11/20/06, Gerald Vogt vogt@spamcop.net wrote:
I know I can revert/rollback changes but the spam still remains accessible in the revision history. I want this to disappear completely as if it never happened. Is this possible through the web interface or do I have to go into the database directly?
There is no functionality to completely erase a page and delete it from the database. There is, however, a script in the maintenance directory which does remove all deleted pages.
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