Author: g33kdyoo
Description:
See http://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Tosh&action=history, and http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Tosh&action=history.
Two edits in the en history show up as empty blank ones on simple's history due to being RevDel'd. I think that the deleted status should show for consistency.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
g33kdyoo wrote:
I have tested with export files. It correctly says that the revision is partly deleted. I'm testing with import from file.
Per Nemo, I think importing RevDel'd edits as RevDel'd edits is confusing. In particular, it would imply that an administrator or suppressor (oversighter) can go to Special:RevisionDelete and have a look at the data that was suppressed, which would not be the case, as the import XML dump does not contain the RevDel'd information.
I think the current behaviour of importing a blank placeholder revision is acceptable. Even though the content of that particular revision is not available, the user may still need to be attributed according to license conditions (unless the username was hidden).
Related: Since T121338 has been fixed, importing revisions with RevDel'd usernames now works correctly (the username is replaced by Unknown user).