On 5/27/07, fREW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 5/27/07, Sebastian Menge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have prepared a list with problematic page titles. Especially titles
> with chars like [/#{}[]*] and the like are problematic since mediawiki
> doesnt allow them (even if one urlencodes them).
>
> Find the list (95 entries) here:
>
> http://scratchpad.wikia.com/wiki/Errornames
>
> Im not sure howto proceed here. Should we
>
> a) find better titles before the import or
> b) replace '/' by sth like '__OR__' and fix the whole title later?
>
> I tend to b). Other suggestions?
>
> BTW: For the import I will now use WikipediaFS. A great little
> filesystem that lets you treat mediawiki articles like real files.
> Simply edit with vim, :wq, done. Or for the bulkimport: copy/write
> prepared files to the fs.
>
> Sebastian.
>
>

That WikipediaFS is pretty gnarly.  Thanks for the tip ;-)
--
-fREW


Also, I think b is a better option.

--
-fREW

Reply via email to