On 19/12/06, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
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;-)
Put the username in image.img_user_text and set image.img_user to 0.
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 API is none of my business; I gather a separate group has taken the responsibility for designing and implementing it.
Rob Church