Thomas Gries wrote:
(1) Is there a simple way to bulk copy (clone) the
whole
MediaWiki:namespace from one wiki to another wiki (on the same server) ?
Yes, there's maintenance/dumpMessages.php. Pass the resulting file as a
parameter to maintenance/rebuildMessages.php. The other option is to use
SQL, e.g. SELECT INTO OUTFILE.
(2) Is there a simply way to extract let's say
five MediaWiki:pages so
that I can put it together with a patch into the CVS ?
In my case, the coming e-mail notification patch for 1.3.2 (see my
recent (pre)documentation pages on the MetaWiki) uses a couple of
MediaWiki:namespace pages for composing the notification mails and other
purposes and I want to publish these important pages together with the
program patch in one "package".
But I don't know, how.
Language.php is the canonical location for message text, not the
MediaWiki namespace. The namespace will be automatically initialised
from the language file by the installer, for new wikis. Copy your
default message text into Language.php and create a patch in the usual way.
-- Tim Starling