Translations:Manual:PurgeOldText.php/2/en

Such orphaned text records should not exist during normal operation. We would expect every record in the text table to be linked from either a record in the revisions table or archive table, and we would expect this script to find nothing to do. However such records may be left behind after error scenarios or direct database manipulations. This script will clean them up, and bring things into a consistent state, by deleting orphan text records. The deleted data would not have been reachable. It should have no noticeable impact on pages viewable by any users or administrators.