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+-- Convert watchlists to new new format ;)
+
+-- Ids just aren't convenient when what we want is to
+-- treat article and talk pages as equivalent.
+-- Better to use namespace (drop the 1 bit!) and title
+
+-- 2002-12-17 by Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com>
+-- affects, affected by changes to SpecialWatchlist.php, User.php,
+-- Article.php, Title.php, SpecialRecentchanges.php
+
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS watchlist2;
+CREATE TABLE watchlist2 (
+  wl_user int unsigned NOT NULL,
+  wl_namespace int unsigned NOT NULL default '0',
+  wl_title varchar(255) binary NOT NULL default '',
+  UNIQUE KEY (wl_user, wl_namespace, wl_title)
+) /*$wgDBTableOptions*/;
+
+INSERT INTO watchlist2 (wl_user,wl_namespace,wl_title)
+  SELECT DISTINCT wl_user,(cur_namespace | 1) - 1,cur_title
+  FROM watchlist,cur WHERE wl_page=cur_id;
+
+ALTER TABLE watchlist RENAME TO oldwatchlist;
+ALTER TABLE watchlist2 RENAME TO watchlist;
+
+-- Check that the new one is correct, then:
+-- DROP TABLE oldwatchlist;
+
+-- Also should probably drop the ancient and now unused:
+ALTER TABLE user DROP COLUMN user_watch;