Author: Mike.Rosoft
Description:
I have been looking through the user creation log in order to discover possible sockpuppets of a vandal I have blocked, and discovered that I can't go more than one day into the past: offset values over 10000 don't work; instead, clicking on "next 500" repeats the same page. (Artifically changing "limit=500" to "limit=5000" in the URL does display more users, so this can't be caused by a software limitation that older users are no longer in the database.)
To reproduce:
- View any log with over 10000 entries. Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=Mike+Rosoft&page= - log of my admin actions.
- Add (or replace) "&offset=10000" in the URL (or, if you have a lot of free time, go to that page manually by repeatedly clicking on "next 500"). Example: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=&user=Mike+Rosoft&page=&offset=10000
- Now click on "next 50" (or "next 500", etc.) link; it'll display the same page instead of going further into the past.
Switching from Mozilla Firefox to Internet Explorer made no difference, so it can't be a browser bug either.
Mike Rosoft
Version: unspecified
Severity: minor
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=500&offset=10000&type=newusers&user=&page=&pattern=