Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:47:46 -0500 From: Brion Vibber brion@pobox.com Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Bulk import 6500 records into the template namespace To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Message-ID: 45F17392.3040700@pobox.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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khuffman@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!