data loss in is.wikt
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	Sep 17 2009, 8:50 PM

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Author: spacebirdy

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Hello all, there was a misterious data loss in is.wiktionary.org:

*Category shows sub-categories: http://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flokkur:%C3%8Dslensk_beyg%C3%B0_or%C3%B0
*But they 'seem' not to exist when clicked: http://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flokkur:%C3%8Dslensk_beyg%C3%B0_or%C3%B0_%28l%C3%BDsingaror%C3%B0%29
*Also all pages that were in the categories are not listed there anymore
*But I _did_ create those subcategories and the pages _were_ in the categories (see an extract of my contributions to the extinct categories: http://pastebin.ca/1570008 ( http://is.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?limit=500&tagfilter=&title=Kerfiss%C3%AD%C3%B0a%3AFraml%C3%B6g&contribs=user&target=Spacebirdy&namespace=14&year=&month=-1 )

Please restore the data that got lost, I fear that even more categories are gone.

Thanks in advance.

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URL: http://is.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flokkur:%C3%8Dslensk_beyg%C3%B0_or%C3%B0_%28l%C3%BDsingaror%C3%B0%29

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• bzimport created this task.Sep 17 2009, 8:50 PM

Wiki.Melancholie wrote:

Situation:

[[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð]] shows/lists (empty) sub categories; the upper ones are tenacious, permanently stuck (in cache?), although the sub cats have vanished (content and list).

To test what might happened I did the following:

I have (re-)created [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð (sagnorð)]] (so do not wonder, also keep care on this when fixing)
I have categorized it into [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð]] (again)

2a. The additional (doubled) "[+] Íslensk beygð orð (sagnorð) (0)" entry under "Í" appeared at [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð]]
2b. The (re-)creation had no effect towards the upper 4 sub categories (those got heavily stuck)

I did a null edit (empty edit, purging edit) on [[wikt:is:á]]

3a. This edit properly (re-)included [[wikt:is:á]] in the category [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð (sagnorð)]]

Looked for "broken" entries at [[wikt:is:Special:AllPages/Flokkur:broken]]

4a. No 'Broken/' entries, but the disappeared sub categories are still listed (e.g. "Íslensk beygð orð (lýsingarorð)")!

Checked log entries for the subcats

5a. All log entries disappeared
5b. see http://is.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Kerfiss%C3%AD%C3%B0a%3AA%C3%B0ger%C3%B0askr%C3%A1r&type=&user=&page=Flokkur%3A%C3%8Dslensk+beyg%C3%B0+or%C3%B0+%28l%C3%BDsingaror%C3%B0%29&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=0&hide_review_log=0
5c. compare http://is.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Kerfiss%C3%AD%C3%B0a%3AA%C3%B0ger%C3%B0askr%C3%A1r&type=&user=&page=Flokkur%3A%C3%8Dslensk+beyg%C3%B0+or%C3%B0+%28sagnor%C3%B0%29&year=&month=-1&hide_patrol_log=0&hide_review_log=0 (only my "new" edits, everything before seems lost)

This is a severe bug, data loss (content of category pages, e.g. [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð (lýsingarorð)]]!) and _flushed_ category lists.

Wiki.Melancholie wrote:

~care of~

Proof that [[wikt:is:Category:Íslensk beygð orð (nafnorð)]] once existed e.g.:

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:oN9DFjMrAW0J:is.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flokkur:%C3%8Dslensk_beyg%C3%B0_or%C3%B0%C2%A0%28nafnor%C3%B0%29+%C3%8Dslensk+beyg%C3%B0+or%C3%B0+%28nafnor%C3%B0%29

... we do not know what else got lost, how much (more important) content, and on how many wikis!

Wiki.Melancholie wrote:

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 20741 ***

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