After today's (2016-04-19) datacenter switchover test [1] a
configuration issue resulted in edits not appearing on
Special:RecentChanges for about 20 minutes (14:48 - 15:10 UTC) [2].
[1]
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/18/wikimedia-server-switch/
[2]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133053
The recent changes entries have now been restored, but since they're
several hours old, they may no longer appear on the main
Special:RecentChanges – and since no one was able to see them earlier,
there are probably some edits that need reverting and articles that need
deleting hidden there.
It would be great if someone could review them. To do it, view a page
like this (substitute "commons.wikimedia.org" with your wiki):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&h…
…scroll to the bottom, and look at the changes in the affected period
(14:48 - 15:10 UTC).
Thanks and sorry for the issue!
(FlaggedRevs was not affected, and wikis using it are probably fine.)
(On very active wikis, like English Wikipedia, this might already be
outside of the limit that Special:RecentChanges can display…)
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Bartosz Dziewoński