Last modified: 2006-07-04 08:54:54 UTC
Hallo! please compare http://eo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=320159&oldid=320157 and http://eo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=whatever&diff=320159&oldid=320157 This bug is about the *great feature* of being able to compare two *arbitrary* oldid's / pages available in the database. It can be used for maintenance. This *feature* should not be disabeled. This request is about showing the correct / *actual* titles of *both* *arbitrary* oldid's / pages. WHY: Originaly one person was generating a link as http://eo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=foo&diff=320159&oldid=320157 but later [[foo]] was moved to [[bar]]. But then http://eo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=foo&diff=320159&oldid=320157 should show the *correct* title *bar* and *not* the *old* title *foo. *note*: If title= is missing [[MediaWiki:Mainpage]] is shown as seccond title. This is *not* correct. See http://eo.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=&diff=320159&oldid=320157 and [[:eo:MediaWiki:Mainpage]] regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
please disregard (In reply to comment #0) subject changed to restructure the code to evaluate ?title=foo&oldid=nnnn ; allow ?oldid=nnnn without title The scenario is the following: time period 1) A page A is created A is modified n times time period 2) A is moved to B B is modified n2 times time period 3) B is moved to C A is deleted C is modified n3 times (optionaly) some revisions are deleted Now consider the general case of a reference to revisions of this page. assume that A is [[wiktionary:en:doomsdays]] B is [[wiktionary:en:Abba]] C is [[wiktionary:en:abba]] see http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abba&action=history http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abba&oldid=212042 here title=C all works fine http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Abba&oldid=212042 here title=B still all works fine (only because "Abba" redirects to "abba"!) http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=doomsdays&oldid=212042 here title=A no content is displayed; please see what links are generated for "view current revision", "← Older revision" and "Newer revision →" in addition please see also a "wrong" title (somebody mistyped it) http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Abba_abba&oldid=212042 verify the generated links what works is also a reference *without* title http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=212042 *today* the *last* revision is 672681 both http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abba&oldid=672681 and http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?oldid=672681 generate the same page additional scenarios - oldid=nnnn could be deleted - oldid=nnnn is out of range see http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=abba&oldid=12345678912 oldid=nnnn is used to refer to a version of a page ; at WP also for citation. This is why the link should remain "valid" as long as the revision exists in the database else as long as a such a title exists. I assume that such links would be hanging around as bookmarks here and there. The task is to offer somthing usefull to the visitors if the version is still available *request* Referencing to a version with "oldid" should not be influenced "that much" if the title does not exist (any more), if the title was deleted (maybe if the title is invalid etc.) as long as this version exists. MediaWiki messages can notify that the requested title and the actual titles differ. I do not know what is best to do if the version does not exist but the title exists. Should the history be displayed? Other proposals: ... ? This enhancement request goes hand in hand with bug 2455: correct navigation links for diffs between two different pages best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
When an oldid is provided, the title argument is more or less ignored. So title=Blah&oldid=1 would work, for instance.
