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Recentchanges "... starting from ..." link does descending limit query instead of ascending
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Author: zigger

Description:
The Special:Recentchanges "... starting from ..." link returns a limited number
of rows (N) descending from the current time towards the "from" timestamp. The
result on a busy wiki is that the newest N rows are shown instead of the oldest
N since the "from" timestamp, which is the same result as when no "from"
parameter is provided.

It looks to me as if the limit query should be ascending from the "from"
timestamp. The stored results would then need to be reversed to display in
descending time order.


Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Recentchanges&from=20051112000000

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 8:53 PM
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If anything, this is a wording issue. As long as it is clear that it means "changes newer than", it's fine. Also, this change would truncate the newest edits (which is odd) and break bots and such too.