For some reason, some first revisions of articles have high revision
numbers. In [[de:Cynic]], for example, the first revision has number
4909086, the second one 1129003, and then it grows. When you are looking
at the revision with a number a little below 4.900.000, the "diff=next"
will take you to the revision with the next higher number, which is the
first one.
We have some pages in es: with the same problem. For example,
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina_crista-galli .
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