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diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn index 12c241a7d..683a3f8ac 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn @@ -22,6 +22,21 @@ I have manage to recover most of the site using the Internet Archive. What I was unable to retrieve I have rewritten. You can find a copy of the code at <http://github.com/mithro/media2iki> +> This is excellent news. However, I'm still keen on there being a +> comprehensive and up-to-date set of instructions on *this* site. I wouldn't +> suggest importing that material into ikiwiki like-for-like (not least for +> [[licensing|freesoftware]] reasons), but it's excellent to have it available +> for reference, especially since it (currently) is the only set of +> instructions that gives you the whole history. +> +> The `mediawiki.pm` that was at u32.net is licensed GPL-2. I'd like to see it +> cleaned up and added to IkiWiki proper (although I haven't requested this +> yet, I suspect the way it (ab)uses linkify would disqualify it at present). +> +> I've imported Scott's initial `mediawiki.pm` into a repository at +> <http://github.com/jmtd/mediawiki.pm> as a start. +> -- [[Jon]] + ---- The iki-fast-load ruby script from the u32 page is given below: |