Index: org/mediawiki/importer/XmlDumpReader.java
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--- org/mediawiki/importer/XmlDumpReader.java	(Revision 52836)
+++ org/mediawiki/importer/XmlDumpReader.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 				return;
 			// frequent tags:
 			if (qName == "revision") openRevision();
-			else if (qName == "contributor") openContributor();
+			else if (qName == "contributor") openContributor(attributes);
 			else if (qName == "page") openPage();
 			// rare tags:
 			else if (qName == "mediawiki") openMediaWiki();
@@ -330,13 +330,20 @@
 	}
 	
 	// -----------
-	void openContributor() {
-		contrib = null;
+	void openContributor(Attributes attribs) {
+		String deleted = attribs.getValue("deleted");
+		if(	deleted !=null && deleted.equals("deleted")){
+			contrib = new Contributor("127.0.0.1");
+		}else{
+			contrib = null;
+		}
 	}
 	
 	void closeContributor() {
-		if (contrib == null)
+		
+		if (contrib == null){
 			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid contributor");
+		}
 		
 		rev.Contributor = contrib;
 		contrib = null;