IIRC deleted article revisions go into the archive table, so it's this table that will have entries removed by the script. deleteOldRevisions *will* reduce the size of your database (assuming there were any deleted revisions to delete).
eQuality Technology *Let's work together* https://equality-tech.com follow us: https://twitter.com/eQualityTech *creators of https://QualityBox.us <https://QualityBox.us> * On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:08 PM Rowe (US), Dolores A < [email protected]> wrote: > I'm trying to reduce the size of a large text table in one of our > mediawikis. > I ran the maintenance script deleteOldRevisions.php, but after I was done > the text table was still > the same size. > > What am I misunderstanding regarding the procedure ? What does this > indicate ? > thanks, > Lori > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
