From 471c04bfd2222dbb8aec9c350a1512213ef711f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://blog.mithis.net/" Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:47:41 -0400 Subject: Adding information about the media2iki github project. --- doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/tips') diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn index 1e5b912a9..ab6984494 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ converting some of the Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones. The following instructions describe ways of obtaining the current version of the wiki. We do not yet cover importing the history of edits. +Another set of instructions and conversion tools (which imports the full history) +can be found at + ## Step 1: Getting a list of pages The first bit of information you require is a list of pages in the Mediawiki. @@ -131,5 +134,7 @@ most of the Mediawiki syntax. [[sabr]] used to explain how to [import MediaWiki content into git](http://u32.net/Mediawiki_Conversion/index.html?updated), including full -edit history, but as of 2009/10/16 that site is not available. +edit history, but as of 2009/10/16 that site is not available. A copy of the +information found on this website is stored at + -- cgit v1.2.3 From 12a27e7025d8ad560976de8a1a76899daaf23a25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://blog.mithis.net/" Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:57:05 -0400 Subject: Adding information about the media2iki github project. --- doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/tips') diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn index ed3faa324..3e9c4dc3c 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn @@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Also, some detail on converting mediawiki transclusion to ikiwiki inlines... > "Who knows, the remote site might disappear.". Right now, it appears to > have done just that. -- [[users/Jon]] +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 + The iki-fast-load ruby script from the u32 page is given below: -- cgit v1.2.3 From 6659d78aa2e3c66c9beadf180aa18438db0f40e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:43:02 +0000 Subject: add dividers to split up the individual discussions going on --- doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/tips') diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn index 3e9c4dc3c..12c241a7d 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn @@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Also, some detail on converting mediawiki transclusion to ikiwiki inlines... -- [[users/Jon]] +---- + > "Who knows, the remote site might disappear.". Right now, it appears to > have done just that. -- [[users/Jon]] @@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ 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 +---- The iki-fast-load ruby script from the u32 page is given below: @@ -617,6 +620,8 @@ Mediawiki.pm - A plugin which supports mediawiki format. 1 +---- + Hello. Got ikiwiki running and I'm planning to convert my personal Mediawiki wiki to ikiwiki so I can take offline copies around. If anyone has an old copy of the instructions, or any advice on where to start I'd be -- cgit v1.2.3 From 4df15554f84831d9e39db8719efa1b4b9ef9dd82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jon Dowland Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:51:00 +0000 Subject: response to mithro --- doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki/discussion.mdwn | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/tips') 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 +> 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 +> as a start. +> -- [[Jon]] + ---- The iki-fast-load ruby script from the u32 page is given below: -- cgit v1.2.3