Moin,
On Thursday 23 March 2006 21:15, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 3/22/06, Ilmari Karonen nospam@vyznev.net wrote:
One could ignore edits that have been reverted. Detecting reverts, in the strict sense of the word, is easy: all you need is a hash value for each revision.
Of course, this wouldn't be perfect. But it'd be as close to perfect as any automated system can be. And it _would_ skip most vandals.
And what happens if the next edit merges some content back in from the reverted text?
Since this happens _after_ the export, it is irrelevant. When you export an article, you can only take into account edits done before that moment in time :)
But otherwise, valid points. That "contributor" stuff can easily get very messy and unpractical.
Btw, the coverter is very neat and I will toy around with it later - whether wikimedia uses it or not. Luckily, I can just skip the whole "contributor" issue, because the wiki I maintain doesn't use the same license as wikipedia.
Best wishes,
Tels