Issue: MediaWiki import categories contain no edit history, only initial edit seems to have imported

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March 3, 2017 8:41 AM

ACL

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MediaWiki import categories contain no edit history, only initial edit seems to have imported

I have multiple instances (possibly every instance!) where MediaWiki categories are imported but all of the edit history except for the first/oldest one (at page creation) is missing.

The "Last updated" date also refers to the very first edit for a category page rather than the latest revision. I've attached a screenshot showing MediaWiki revision history for an example category.

Issue Details

Issue Number 4949

Issue Type Bug

Project VaultWiki 4.x Series

Category Importing

Status Fixed

Priority 1 - Security / Login / Data Loss

Affected Version 4.0.16

Fixed Version (none)

Milestone (none)

Software DependencyXenForo 1.x

License TypePaid

Users able to reproduce bug 0

Users unable to reproduce bug 0

Attachments 1

Assigned Users (none)

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March 3, 2017 10:12 AM
pegasus

VaultWiki Team
I don't see a reason why this would only affect categories, at least not if the categories in question have the correct creation timestamp.

Can you find any regular pages that are missing edits? If so, are there any similarities between the edits that are missing there vs the edits missing from the categories?

Did you make any changes to the import config file after step 1, but before the importer completed?
Please check your import config file. Make sure that the following appears in the file, in the $namespaces array:

Code:

14 => 'Category'
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March 3, 2017 10:30 AM

ACL

Regular Member

Interesting, does VaultWiki have any reason to refer to the importer configuration after the importer has completed? I have made a change to the namespaces array to comment out Template and Category for a future round of import testing, but the file modified timestamp is for a period after the importer had finished.

I guess I'll see it it occurs during the next import test and if it does look for non-category pages with missing edits and reply to this issue.

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March 3, 2017 11:25 AM

pegasus

VaultWiki Team

The import configuration is only used during the import itself. If the change to the namespaces array which commented out Category was made after the "Importing pages" step but before the "Importing edits" step, then it would account for the problem you are seeing.

However, if there are missing edits in non-category pages, then it could be something else entirely, and we would need to know more about the edits that are being skipped.

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March 3, 2017 12:34 PM
pegasus

VaultWiki Team
Please check Wiki Admin Panel > Permissions > Usergroups, and make sure your group has been granted all permissions under the "Moderator Permissions" section.

I have reason to believe that you can only see the first edit for all wiki pages, and that the edits in question were all imported with the "needs moderator approval" flag. If you have all the Moderator Permissions, then you should be able to see edits that need approval.

To prevent this issue on a subsequent import, in vault/core/controller/import/handle/mw/revision/vw.php, find:

Code:

$dm->set('import_editid', $edit['revisionid']);

After it, add:

Code:

$edit['revision_visible'] = $edit['visible'];
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