Hi all, I'm looking for a way to import about 10,000 articles into a wiki. The only catch is about 1000 of these articles have already been created. Ideally i would like to import only the articles that don't exist and not have any article get overwritten by the import. Is there a good extension/tool to prevent an import from overwriting pages that already exist? I have a feeling that the answer is no and I will have to write a code that would query the api and disregard found articles. Has anyone done this before? Thanks so much, Patrick

If you want to avoid the programming, export the 1,000 existing articles from the new wiki. Import all of the 10,000 articles you wish to transfer. Then re-import the 1,000 existing articles. David Moore Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance 205 W. Roanoke Street (0489) Blacksburg, VA 24061-0489 540-230-6914 (cell) 540-231-6775 (office) NEW 540-231-6722 (fax) dmoore(a)vt.edu www.ipg.vt.edu -----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Flaherty Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 5:32 PM To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Importing only new articles Hi all, I'm looking for a way to import about 10,000 articles into a wiki. The only catch is about 1000 of these articles have already been created. Ideally i would like to import only the articles that don't exist and not have any article get overwritten by the import. Is there a good extension/tool to prevent an import from overwriting pages that already exist? I have a feeling that the answer is no and I will have to write a code that would query the api and disregard found articles. Has anyone done this before? Thanks so much, Patrick _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l