Problem: Previously, from 2013 to 2016, when moving a page over a redirect, the redirect is left behind as an orphaned revision in the revision table. Nowadays (T106119), a deletion log entry is generated and the redirect goes in the archive table. However, even after that was resolved, there are still lots of orphaned revisions left behind.
Who would benefit: Users who do not want to see the orphaned revisions showing up when viewing the contribs in the mobile interface (see T151124).
Proposed solution: Move all the orphaned revisions to the archive table to match the current behavior. The ar_namespace and ar_title fields should only be approximations, as it might be the case that the same page title has been moved over more than one redirect title.
Oppose because the long term best option is to not have the archive/revision split at all (cf: T57398, T30124, probably others). Additionally, this is not really a project for a team of folks to work on, moreso a request in Phabricator for some one-off maintenance to be done. 😂 (talk) 01:36, 2 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Support Jenks24 (talk) 09:35, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
Oppose because the long term best option is to not have the archive/revision split at all (cf: T57398, T30124, probably others). Additionally, this is not really a project for a team of folks to work on, moreso a request in Phabricator for some one-off maintenance to be done. 😂 (talk) 01:36, 2 December 2017 (UTC)
