[Mediawiki-l] Bulk importing using importTextFile.php or a client-side bot tools

[khuffman at NGS.ORG]

Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:47:46 -0500
From: Brion Vibber <brion at pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Bulk import 6500 records into the template
                 namespace
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khuffman at NGS.ORG wrote:
> Hi, I need advice on how to bulk import 6500 records/articles from Excel 

> into the MediaWiki's Template namespace.  I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (but 

> may be upgrading/installing a new version for this project, so version 
may 
> be 1.9.x).

brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com / brion @ wikimedia.org) wrote:
> Use Special:Import or importDump.php with the XML wrapper format, or
> importTextFile.php with individual text files, or have one of many
> client-side bot tools do the batch-editing.

Additional question:
Are there more detailed instructions on how to use/access the 
importTextFile.php or client-side bot tools?  I see the file 
importTextFile.php in the maintenance folder but not sure how to get to it 
on my Web hoster.  When I navigate through my browser, I don't have 
access/permissions to these files even if I change permissions to 0777. 
So, any pointers to more detailed directions on how to use these files 
would be great. Thank you!