[Mediawiki-l] Three questions...

[Platonides]

khuffman wrote:
> Hi, I'm using MediaWiki 1.8.x (mostly) and have three questions:
> 
> 1) Does MediaWiki have the ability to check for bad links/link checker 
> functionality?  I saw/tested this extension 
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkSearch  but looks like it's 
> more for "information" than has the additional utility I'm looking for. 
> How do others handle the management of links going bad/dead links with 
> MediaWiki?

With bots.

> 2) Is upgrading from 1.8.x to 1.10.x okay to do OR do you recommend going 
> from 1.8.x to 1.9.x to 1.10.x?
1.8.x to 1.10.x should be ok

> 3) I have gotten my bulk import to work using an XML file and 
> Special:Import page.  Is there another way that you could bulk export ALL 
> your records without have to do it manually using the Special:Export page? 
>  I suppose I could extract from MySQL table just the page titles... and 
> then paste into the Special:Export page but just thought I'd check first 
> on the listserv.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Moving_a_wiki

> Thank you, Karen