Most edits from February 2002 onwards have survived intact in the Wikipedia database, but some have not, mostly due to deletion-related accidents. I've compiled a list of these at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Graham87/Page_history_observations
I'd like to be able to use the newly released historical database dumps to re-add some of these missing edits. Ideally, these database dumps should be placed on read-only wikis, where any admin can use Special:Import to retrieve the necessary edits like the Nostalgia Wikipedia (see bug 20280).
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_85#Restoring_long-lost_edits_using_the_newly_released_historical_database_dumps