Works for me too. If you'd like me to do any export/import from English Wikipedia, let me know the pages and I'll process them across.
- James 2009/1/20 Sarah Ewart <[email protected]> > Hey Peter, > > I just went to special import and it seemed to be going to allow me to do > it. It said: > > Please export the file from the source wiki using the export > utility<http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Special:Export>. > Save it to your computer and upload it here. > Upload XML data Filename: Comment: > > This might be helpful (or not): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Import. > It says: "Normally any user can export wiki pages to a file, but to import > pages into a wiki from a file, you must have 'Sysop' privileges on that > wiki." > > -Sarah > > > > 2009/1/20 private musings <[email protected]> > >> Hi all, >> >> >> being a 'starter of many things' (and the jury's out on whether or not I >> finish any of them!) - I've created this page; >> >> http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Schools%27_Wikipedia_Australia >> >> I'm aware of quite a few discussions in this area, and believe it's a >> great direction for the chapter to pursue... it's certainly something that >> I'm up for working on as a fun and interesting project. >> >> I was chatting with Werdna about how technically we might copy articles >> from en into a smaller 'collection for schools' - and he talked me through >> the 'Special:Export' and 'Special:Import' functions - which basically just >> copy across an article and the last 1,000 revisions between wikis... here's >> my technical question though - when I visit 'Special:Import' on the au wiki >> it gives me a 'permission error ("The action you have requested is limited >> to registered users. Please read >> Accounts<http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Accounts>to find out how to register >> an account.") >> >> I wonder if anyone technically minded has any ideas on how this could be >> fixed? - I'd like to test the funcitonality of this stuff, and maybe make a >> few 'proof of concept' type collections :-) >> >> cheers, >> >> Peter >> PM. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > -- James R. [[User:JamesR]] English Wikipedia Administrator Wikimedia Australia Member
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