Can some please explain, if
oldid in combination with namespace:pagetitle
is sufficient to describe *permanently* a certain revision (version) of a page, as long, as that revision of the page is kept in the database. Is it ? Please could you answer directly to me, thanks.
Background of my question:
the new Enotif patch -coming soon- will memorize (for each watching user) the last version "oldid" the watching user has really seen. The notification mail comprises two links, one to the current version of the watched page and -new- a second link to {{SERVER}}{{localurl:$PAGETITLE|diff=0&oldid=$OLDID}} , which directly shows the differences between current version and the last visited one.
Such a feature has been proposed by some of you and is integrated in new Enotif versions. Enotif is already available for MediaWiki 1.3.5 and 1.3.6, however, the both MediaWiki Versions are superseded by 1.3.7. Please look forward to the next Enotif release for MW 1.3.7 and CVS 1.4, coming soon. http://meta.wikipedia.org/Enotif
On Oct 21, 2004, at 8:23 AM, Thomas Gries wrote:
Can some please explain, if
oldid in combination with namespace:pagetitle
is sufficient to describe *permanently* a certain revision (version) of a page, as long, as that revision of the page is kept in the database. Is it ?
Two caveats: a) the namespace and title can change (page rename), don't use them for unique identification b) oldid does not currently survive a delete/undelete cycle.
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