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diff --git a/maintenance/archives/patch-usernewtalk.sql b/maintenance/archives/patch-usernewtalk.sql
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+--- This table stores all the IDs of users whose talk
+--- page has been changed (the respective row is deleted
+--- when the user looks at the page).
+--- The respective column in the user table is no longer
+--- required and therefore dropped.
+
+CREATE TABLE /*$wgDBprefix*/user_newtalk (
+  user_id int(5) NOT NULL default '0',
+  user_ip varchar(40) NOT NULL default '',
+  KEY user_id (user_id),
+  KEY user_ip (user_ip)
+) TYPE=MyISAM;
+
+INSERT INTO
+  /*$wgDBprefix*/user_newtalk (user_id, user_ip)
+  SELECT user_id, ''
+    FROM user
+    WHERE user_newtalk != 0;
+
+ALTER TABLE /*$wgDBprefix*/user DROP COLUMN user_newtalk;