From 3c0d6701a4f6a8a95e13624bc0c9d64e839bc251 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: anarcat Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 17:16:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] lay out more clearly which scripts are available --- doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn index 38de01109..48fda0228 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -149,11 +149,15 @@ into an ikiwiki tag name using a script such as The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can be used by ikiwiki to interpret most of the Mediawiki syntax. -## External links +## Scripts [[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. A copy of the -information found on this website is stored at +information found on this website is stored at . +[[Albert]] wrote a ruby script to convert from mediawiki's database to ikiwiki at +[[Anarcat]] wrote a python script to convert from a mediawiki website to ikiwiki at . The script doesn't need any special access or privileges and communicates with the documented API (so it's a bit slower, but allows you to mirror sites you are not managing, like parts of Wikipedia). + +[[scy]] wrote a python script to convert from mediawiki XML dumps to git repositories at . -- 2.39.5