[Mediawiki-l] Bulk importing using importTextFile.php or a client-side bot tools
khuffman at NGS.ORG
khuffman at NGS.ORG
Sat Mar 10 21:05:23 UTC 2007
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:47:46 -0500
From: Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Bulk import 6500 records into the template
namespace
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khuffman at NGS.ORG wrote:
> Hi, I need advice on how to bulk import 6500 records/articles from Excel
> into the MediaWiki's Template namespace. I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (but
> may be upgrading/installing a new version for this project, so version
may
> be 1.9.x).
brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / brion @ wikimedia.org) wrote:
> Use Special:Import or importDump.php with the XML wrapper format, or
> importTextFile.php with individual text files, or have one of many
> client-side bot tools do the batch-editing.
Additional question:
Are there more detailed instructions on how to use/access the
importTextFile.php or client-side bot tools? I see the file
importTextFile.php in the maintenance folder but not sure how to get to it
on my Web hoster. When I navigate through my browser, I don't have
access/permissions to these files even if I change permissions to 0777.
So, any pointers to more detailed directions on how to use these files
would be great. Thank you!
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