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IIRC deleted article revisions go into the archive table, so it's this
table that will have entries removed by the script. deleteOldRevisions
*will* reduce the size of your database (assuming there were any deleted
revisions to delete).

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On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:08 PM Rowe (US), Dolores A <
dolores.a.rowe@boeing.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to reduce the size of a large text table in one of our
> mediawikis.
> I ran the maintenance script deleteOldRevisions.php, but after I was done
> the text table was still
> the same size.
>
> What am I misunderstanding regarding the procedure ? What does this
> indicate ?
> thanks,
> Lori
>
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That script doesn’t delete deleted revisions. It deletes revision history.
I would look at your database to compact/release space that has been freed

On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:34 PM eQuality Technology <info@equality-tech.com>
wrote:

> IIRC deleted article revisions go into the archive table, so it's this
> table that will have entries removed by the script. deleteOldRevisions
> *will* reduce the size of your database (assuming there were any deleted
> revisions to delete).
>
> eQuality Technology
>
> *Let's work together*
>
> https://equality-tech.com
> follow us: https://twitter.com/eQualityTech
> *creators of https://QualityBox.us <https://QualityBox.us> *
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 12:08 PM Rowe (US), Dolores A <
> dolores.a.rowe@boeing.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm trying to reduce the size of a large text table in one of our
> > mediawikis.
> > I ran the maintenance script deleteOldRevisions.php, but after I was done
> > the text table was still
> > the same size.
> >
> > What am I misunderstanding regarding the procedure ? What does this
> > indicate ?
> > thanks,
> > Lori
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > MediaWiki-l mailing list
> > To unsubscribe, go to:
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
> >
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