On 12/29/05, Andrew Alder andrewa@alder.ws wrote:
I can't be sure just how serious it is. I'd decided that the histories couldn't be merged because of overlap, but another admin has done it. Unfortunately I didn't take a copy of the histories, I was waiting for comments before taking any action so I didn't think it was necessary at that stage. As you'll see, the other admin is doubtful that there was significant overlap.
How difficult is it to recover the histories of "Montreal Expos" and "Montréal Expos" from the last backup before 09:34, 28 December 2005, so we can see the exact problem (and even if there is one)?
All I think I need at this stage is the two lists of edits, to manually see what the problems might be. But all suggestions of how to proceed are welcome.
Hi Andrew
This problem can be solved without developers' help -- if you can identify which revision goes with which article. This should be fairly easy, because the text will be in bold on the first line. If you then undelete all revisions of the Montréal Expos article, you can move them back to their rightful place. Then undelete all the other revisions at Montreal Expos, and revert the redirect that will be pointing to Montréal Expos.
The articles will then be as they were before.
Yours, Sam
-- Sam