Well I started an export by category a few minutes ago, and have been surprised that it's hit 164 megs and counting already! (there's only 30 articles in that list.... I was expecting about 30 / 50 Meg total - more fool me, I guess!)
The point of copying articles isn't really to drive quality, it's to encourage participation. I'm hoping that schools, and other institutions may find a small subset of wikipedia both a fun, rewarding and above all educational sort of playground - though perhaps two notches down on the anarchy scale of the big 'en' place itself ;-) I understand that I've got some work to do to further explain and develop my ideas in this area, but right now I'm at the feasibility stage really (and now 242 Megs and counting...) cheers, Peter, PM. 2009/1/20 Andrew <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> > >> 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. <[email protected]> >> >> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > >
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