Hmm, we might actually want to fix the Australian PM articles first :) The ones before 1949 should be OK to import though.
2009/1/20 private musings <thepmacco...@gmail.com> > ah - cool! thanks heaps guys - I guess the Permission Error is just a bit > wrong - it should say the action is limited to sysops! > > I'll certainly take you up on the offer, James, although probably need to > figure out a bit more about 'namespaces' and such - I guess ideally articles > I export / import would sit somewhere like > http://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Schools%27_Wikipedia_Australia/Edmund_Barton(so > within a subdirectory as oppose to just in the 'main' namespace) > > I'll tinker and see if I can export all the aussie Prime Minister articles > as a start, and see what utility we might be able to get from this :-) > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > > 2009/1/20 James R. <e.wikipe...@gmail.com> > > 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 <sarahew...@gmail.com> >> >> 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 <thepmacco...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> 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 >>>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> James R. >> >> [[User:JamesR]] >> English Wikipedia Administrator >> Wikimedia Australia Member >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaau-l mailing list >> Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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