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I miss the show so much
[@Ciaran](/forums/meta/topics/feature-suggestions-and-discussion?post_id=5632504#post_5632504)
The purge I'm envisioning simply wipes every tag change away (from the specific image) from tag change N onwards. All vandalized changes, and their *reversals* go away. There's no need to wonder where `this is a bad tag` came from, because it's removal is not in the history either. They're just gone. It fully restores the tags (and the history) to the state it was before they got vandalized.
Yes, there will be collateral. That is why wiping histories as soon as possible is important. Consider image >>3405692, for example. It's tag change history would be *completely empty* after wiping. Cbat's additions won't be there. Homeshine's, u/Codename_Kid's and Mildgyth's fixes won't be there either.
Maintaining a record of the vandals' acts is important, but it needs to be hidden.
Addendum: one aspect I keep forgetting to mention are the public database dumps. They're chock full of vandalized tags, to the point I can't even do some tag analysis things anymore.
The purge I'm envisioning simply wipes every tag change away (from the specific image) from tag change N onwards. All vandalized changes, and their *reversals* go away. There's no need to wonder where `this is a bad tag` came from, because it's removal is not in the history either. They're just gone. It fully restores the tags (and the history) to the state it was before they got vandalized.
Yes, there will be collateral. That is why wiping histories as soon as possible is important. Consider image >>3405692, for example. It's tag change history would be *completely empty* after wiping. Cbat's additions won't be there. Homeshine's, u/Codename_Kid's and Mildgyth's fixes won't be there either.
Maintaining a record of the vandals' acts is important, but it needs to be hidden.
Addendum: one aspect I keep forgetting to mention are the public database dumps. They're chock full of vandalized tags, to the point I can't even do some tag analysis things anymore.