Forum:Importing images from another MediaWiki

Has anyone experience with importing pages from another MediaWiki including more than 100 images? Thanks in advance, &#0149; talk &#0149; --Thomas Tunsch 15:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I have experience; however, images can't be imported. You have to re-upload them to the new wiki. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Hi Thomas. Images may be imported just like articles. You just export/import the XML file like any other article or namespace page. -- 16:11, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * As per my comment, if you need help with a batch import, please share the details. -- 16:48, 14 November 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot for the fast reply. &#0149; talk &#0149; --Thomas Tunsch 15:53, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Do you need my help? --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 15:55, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I tried before, it imports the image page, but not the image/file itself. You just get blank page, and you have to re-upload the file. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 16:19, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * You did something incorrectly then. I can use Special:Export -> Save -> Special:Import -> Upload and it uploads and displays correctly. See here and here for an example. If you have any other questions, please ask. -- 16:28, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * As seen here, this isn't the first time someone had trouble importing images. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 16:35, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Michaeldsuarez, I'm not here to argue with you. I'm simply saying it does work. While there have been issues in the past, they are simply a case-by-case basis (all wikis have different settings). If you have problems with importing on a particular wiki let me know and I can see what I can do to resolve your issue and better help you accomplish your goals. Regards, 16:42, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's okay; I finished all the importing I was planing to do in October. --Michaeldsuarez (Talk) (Deeds) 18:27, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Charitwo, from your example it looks the images were imported by maintenance script in April, way before your revision import? The Special:Export for image pages on Wikia does not contain any image data, so I don't see how how importing that would magically make the images appear. Or do yu have to export the Media: namespace? --◄mendel► 14:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The image on this page is 27 Kio. When exporting the page Image:1196691470_Souledge.jpg using the special:export over there, i get a 2.5 kio xml file. So, no, the pixel data of the image is not there. — TulipVorlax 02:31, 17 November 2008 (UTC)