"Magnus Manske" magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote in message news:fab0ecb70612190104y741e5bb6of789bb1ca3132d51@mail.gmail.com...
On 12/19/06, Mark Clements gmane@kennel17.co.uk
wrote:
I agree, Special:Import should copy the full image history as well as
the
full page history. The way it is at the moment just feels broken, and making it a two stage process won't fix that.
OK. So, how do we handle the user ids from the other project? Do we assume single login is in place? Or do we create dummy users like "en:someguy", user_id=0? (I didn't bother to look how it's handled in Special:Import right now, easier to ask here;-)
Also, if we plan to do mass-moving, of images, should we add this function to the api? What about handling the deletion of the images on the "source wiki"? If these functions were available using "name=xxx&password=yyy" on the api, it would save a lot of clicks with a decent front-end (which I then would volunteer to develop;-)
The current system works fine, as far as I am concerned. The import is a one-way process, and doesn't touch the material on the source wiki. This is as it should be, as there will be situations where you are trying to copy, not move the material. Currently you do the import and, if the content is being moved, login to the remote wiki and either delete the page or add a soft redirect. There should definitely _not_ be a mechanism for remotely deleting wiki content from a remote wiki!
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)