https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40616
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Bug #: 40616
Summary: Invisible changes to article
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: blocker
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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The article "Cross-dressing, gender identity, and sexuality of Joan of Arc" has
undergone major revisions which neither show up in the article history nor even
when you choose to edit the article (editing the article shows it without the
major revisions, yet viewing the article itself shows them). It's very
bizarre.
First, here's the article, current form:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-dressing,_sexuality,_and_gender_identity_of_Joan_of_Arc
Here's what it used to look like. Notice how much shorter, for example, the
"Background" section was:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-dressing,_gender_identity,_and_sexuality_of_Joan_of_Arc&oldid=456851045
Now, here's where it gets weird. Hit edit on the article - not the old
version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-dressing,_gender_identity,_and_sexuality_of_Joan_of_Arc&action=edit
You'll note from the URL that you're editing the current version, not the old
version. But you see the old text in the editor!
It gets even more confusing. Here's the article history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-dressing,_gender_identity,_and_sexuality_of_Joan_of_Arc&action=history
No major changes show up in the article! However, if you click on old versions
between these two edits:
(cur | prev) 23:43, 21 December 2011 Twodanish (talk | contribs) . . (31,818
bytes) (+13) . . (undo)
(cur | prev) 16:57, 22 October 2011 WOSlinker (talk | contribs) . . (31,805
bytes) (-11) . . (remove {{CATREF}}) (undo)
That is, these versions:
en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-dressing,_gender_identity,_and_sexuality_of_Joan_of_Arc&oldid=467107734
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cross-dressing,_gender_identity,_and_sexuality_of_Joan_of_Arc&oldid=456851045
You'll notice that the former has the "longer" version and the latter has the
"shorter" version. But there are two super-weird things going on here:
1) The "longer" version doesn't say that this is an old revision, even though
you're clicking on an old revision!
2) The diff between the two says it''s only 13 characters, and indeed, if you
check the diff, you only see a tiny difference.
It sure looks like some sort of database error. Any clue what's going on here?
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