Forum:Exporting/Importing Images

Hello everyone! I'm hoping someone can help with a problem I'm having involving exporting/importing. A few editors and myself have recently started the merger process of a few Wikis. We're starting with Images on one of the Wikis, but the images won't export and import properly. The will carry over along with the  of the File page from, but, like I said, no image. I would very much appreciate it if anyone could offer advice or a solution. Thanks! -Revitalizer 03:26, June 12, 2012 (UTC)


 * images/files do not export when doing a wiki dump, you have to download them yourself and re-upload them. Though, maybe a staff member can do it behind the scenes, just use Special:Contact to ask for help.--Sxerks 04:17, June 12, 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the advice, Sxerks. I contacted Wikia and unfortunately they have no way to assist in that regard. At least we don't have hundreds and hundreds of images! -Revitalizer 03:24, June 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Wowpedia used some external tools for this. You'll have to browse their forums for it, I guess.--PedroM 03:26, June 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * And if that fails, you still could use a bot for uploading. Pywikipedia has a script for single file uploads, which you could iterate in a shell loop over the content of a directory. So at least there's hope for the import part.--PedroM 03:30, June 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * mw:Manual:Pywikipediabot/imagetransfer.py could be your cup of tea.--PedroM 03:53, June 13, 2012 (UTC)