Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-5068292-20150202165840/@comment-452-20150208123508

007, you're right that Special:Export also doesn't dump files - but that's not why it was being discussed.

Special:Export was being discussed because 809 made the incorrect statement that it only exported one category at a time.

JoshuaJSlone's idea is correct, copy/pasting a list is how I do it.

One reason for using Special:Export over the database dump is that Special:Export is immediate, while the database dump takes several days.