Forum:Export/Import

Hello there! At the moment I am working on exporting articles from one wiki and importing them into a certian namespace in another wiki.
 * Is there any way to automatically include the talk pages when transferring the articles, or does that have to be done separately?
 * Is it possible to import multiple articles? (I know exporting multiple articles is possible, but that only creates one file.) Thanks a lot! Daranios 16:33, June 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * You'd have been better off requesting changing the namespace of your original Wiki.-- 16:43, June 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * It create only one XML file containing all that you've asked to be exported. And all of it will be imported back under the same name for each page. You can include talk page the same way you do with normal pages, i.e. using their full page name. — TulipVorlax 17:05, June 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * That means, if I had the namespace in the "old" wiki, I could move the articles there, and then export all of them at once and import them into the "new" wiki also at once?
 * If I had the namespace in the "old" wiki, how could I transfer all articles into that namespace? Thanks again! Daranios 13:06, June 11, 2010 (UTC)
 * Yep, that's possible. To transfer them all, go to the wiki's Special:Export and then visit Special:AllPages and choose the certain namespace. Copy them all, paste them at Special:Export, and make sure they all have their own line. Make sure there's no white space after a word when exporting (to check if there are white spaces, select the entire list using CTRL+A and if the blue area goes further than the word itself it delete it, I hope that makes sense). Best of luck! Mark  ( talk ) 17:00, June 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * To export page from a certain namespace using the Allpages to list them, you must add the namespace infront of them all or the export will fail. — TulipVorlax 22:15, June 11, 2010 (UTC)


 * I am afraid I did not get it. I export multiple articles into one file. Then when I want to import them again, I have to put the name of the source page into the respective line in the Transwiki import frame. But the file comes from multiple pages, so this fails. Can anyone tell me what I have to do to make it work (a stepwise instruction how to import multiple articles contained in one file would be perfect!)? Thanks a lot! Daranios 19:59, June 22, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sounds like Special:Contact time. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 2:50 PM PST 22 Jun 2010


 * You need to edit the XML file before importing it. It can be tricky to do this as you need to make sure you're able to open it in a program that won't mess up the encoding. If you can explain what you're trying to move, I can help you with this. Please send me an email. Angela (talk | help forum) 00:27, June 23, 2010 (UTC)