[Mediawiki-l] xml export - editing - import

[Jeff Lane]

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> From: mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org 
> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at Wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Dinth
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:26 AM
> To: mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] xml export - editing - import
> 
> Hi. I tried to export some articles from my wiki, do  
> mass-search-and-replace and import them replacing old 
> versions, but import  
> xml specialpage doesn't replacing imported pages :( What can 
> i do to make  
> mass-search-and-replace without access to server shell?
> 

It will only replace pages with a newer timestamp. Make sure to increase
the timestamp in the XML file before you import.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Import#Import_does_not_overwrit
e_existing_articles

-Jeff