Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-14250-20121227172817

Was reading Forum:Can you Export/Import Images? and was wondering, in the 3 years, if any better means have been found.

I am in the process of trying to merge a couple anime wikis and consolidating the images. Starting off by tagging w:c:GirlsUndPanzer:Category:Images so that I can just Special:Export their file histories and import them to w:c:GUP.

I can't help but wonder though, if we had a mass upload tool, and were able to mass-download images, seeing as how the filenames would be retained, I keep figuring there must be some way to do that. Not necessarily in an archive file like with wiki history pages, but I guess a way to just say 'save every image in this category as a distinct file each' and then in turn mass upload them again.

That, or if there's some special Staff tools to deal with it during mergers? Like you know how when a wiki gets renamed it's like the URL changes but the filenames stay the same... I'm not sure if what I'm getting at makes sense, but I guess if there was a way to have old URL filenames associate with the new URL just like newURL filenames associate with it. 