generateSitemaps treats redirects as content pages
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	Sep 13 2007, 2:49 AM

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Author: alxndr

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maintenance/generateSitemaps.php script includes redirect pages in the sitemaps it generates, but from a SEO standpoint they should not be included.

Version: 1.11.x
Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz11319

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Lowest.Nov 21 2014, 9:58 PM

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• bzimport created this task.Sep 13 2007, 2:49 AM

alxndr wrote:

quick but resource-heavy fix

This appears to work, but is incredibly time-consuming; it creates a new Article object for every title.

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generateSitemap.php-noredirect.diff95 BDownload

alxndr wrote:

quick little benchmark for the patch, running on for 2578 URLs:

before patch: running time < 10 sec
after patch: running time = 17 minutes

...ouch

Redirects need to appear for proper indexing.

Aklapper added a project: MediaWiki-Page-history.Sep 20 2019, 7:49 PM

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	F4442: generateSitemap.php-noredirect.diff
	Nov 21 2014, 9:58 PM

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