Hello,
Question: is it possible to display the latest version of a wikipedia.orgpage in another mediawiki site simply by GET using the API:import https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/API:Import? Or is there an easier way?
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I am building my first wiki using Mediawiki 1.17 @ http://fa.irfanpedia.org I am total mediawiki newbie.
The site will contain original research about Irfan, a form of Gnosticism, similar to sufism.
As a convenience to users, I would like to display the latest content on Wikipedia about the subject. The exact pages have already been identified.
I've already read about xml export/import. But I need the latest version of the page and not have to constantly export from wikipedia manually.
So is it possible to create a URL for each target page so that on the fly pulls the content of a particular wikipedia.org page in the destination site? A 1:1 relationship.
If so, is this mailing list the right place to ask for technical help? the process for obtaining a token - I can't figure it out. Or not sure if the xml produced by the action=import can be immediately displayed to user or it still has to go through another step before it is human-readable.
Thank you in advance.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:59 PM, AT reg@saneplanet.com wrote:
Hello,
Question: is it possible to display the latest version of a wikipedia.org page in another mediawiki site simply by GET using the API:import? Or is there an easier way?
Yes.
I've already read about xml export/import. But I need the latest version of the page and not have to constantly export from wikipedia manually.
So is it possible to create a URL for each target page so that on the fly pulls the content of a particular wikipedia.org page in the destination site? A 1:1 relationship.
In the past it was generally considered 'Not Nice' (tm) to live mirror wikipedia, although it was somewhat allowed if you had a reasonable cache time to avoid requesting the page every time you had a visitor.
I'm not sure what the current consensus is by the tech team.
Why not use a frame to display the actual wikipedia version? Although this still falls under the realm of live mirror.
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM, OQ overlordq@gmail.com wrote:
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:59 PM, AT reg@saneplanet.com wrote:
Hello,
Question: is it possible to display the latest version of a
wikipedia.org
page in another mediawiki site simply by GET using the API:import? Or is there an easier way?
Yes.
I've already read about xml export/import. But I need the latest version
of
the page and not have to constantly export from wikipedia manually.
So is it possible to create a URL for each target page so that on the fly pulls the content of a particular wikipedia.org page in the destination site? A 1:1 relationship.
In the past it was generally considered 'Not Nice' (tm) to live mirror wikipedia, although it was somewhat allowed if you had a reasonable cache time to avoid requesting the page every time you had a visitor.
I'm not sure what the current consensus is by the tech team.
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