RC> There's a script to rebuild recent changes, isn't there?
Well, it, rebuildrecentchanges.php, says:
* Rebuild link tracking tables from scratch. This takes several
* hours, depending on the database size and server configuration.
Therefore, one is forced to use Special:Import, lest one face hours of
rebuilding from scratch as the price for just importing one or two
pages. Therefore if one would like to do things in batch mode instead
of being chained to a GUI, one must make a LWP::UserAgent script to
interact with Special:Import.