David Gerard wrote:
I can see such being the case, e.g. prolific sockpuppeting vandals. However, preserving the "original UID" in all merges would likely suffice - I mean, a complete unmerging would be OK in all cases I can think of.
- d.
Not sure if you're meaning this or talking about that intangible "new column": Changing the rev_user_text but not rev_user would work for most uses (but merging of anonymous users).