From: Jon Dowland <jon@alcopop.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:21:26 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: explanatory text
X-Git-Tag: 3.20091017~11^2~4
X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/commitdiff_plain/58287a929b0ea209a062d11940232a3d31805885

explanatory text
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diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn
index ce0c684e7..3f771ed9b 100644
--- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn
@@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ well-crafted queries.
 
 ## Step 2: format conversion
 
-The next step is to convert Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones. These
-include
+The next step is to convert Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones.
 
- * convert Categories into tags
+### categories
+
+Mediawiki uses a special page name prefix to define "Categories", which
+otherwise behave like ikiwiki tags. You can convert every Mediawiki category
+into an ikiwiki tag name using a script such as
 
     import sys, re
     pattern =  r'\[\[Category:([^\]]+)\]\]'