Maniphest T113472

Warnings functionality for the import process
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	Sep 23 2015, 12:59 PM

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Import either succeeds, or fails (poorly - see T7701). Many requests have come in for "warnings" to be implemented.

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the user uploads an XML dump or picks a transwiki import source, and hits submit (or via the API of course);
MediaWiki downloads the dump, processes it, and if it encounters any warning conditions, stops and returns a warning page to the user;
the user decides whether or not to proceed;
if they choose to go ahead, the dump is fully imported. Otherwise the dump is not imported at all;
the stashed dump is deleted from the server.

This is similar in spirit to the uploadstash functionality.

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		TTO	T32723 Import should always use original wiki's namespace names in log entries and trim namespaces it doesn't know in the target title to allow manual choice
		Open	Feature	None	T64111 Importing XML dumps should validate that the target wiki has the same namespaces as the pages being imported
		Open	Feature	None	T43969 Import should allow mapping of namespace names and aliases
		Open	Feature	None	T17380 Special:Import should confirm the history merge when the page exists already
		Open		None	T37442 Special:Import should warn if importing from a wiki with $wgCapitalLinks set different from current wikis
		Open	Feature	None	T35876 Selection of included templates while Import
		Open	Feature	None	T31895 Import should warn about timestamps in the future.
		Open		None	T113472 Warnings functionality for the import process

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TTO created this task.Sep 23 2015, 12:59 PM

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TTO added a parent task: T17380: Special:Import should confirm the history merge when the page exists already.Sep 23 2015, 1:00 PM

TTO added a parent task: T37442: Special:Import should warn if importing from a wiki with $wgCapitalLinks set different from current wikis.

TTO added a parent task: T35876: Selection of included templates while Import.

TTO added a parent task: T31895: Import should warn about timestamps in the future..

TTO added a parent task: T43969: Import should allow mapping of namespace names and aliases.

• Purodha subscribed.Sep 23 2015, 5:53 PM

Krauss mentioned this in T64111: Importing XML dumps should validate that the target wiki has the same namespaces as the pages being imported.Feb 17 2017, 4:43 AM

ArielGlenn moved this task from Backlog to Snapshot import on the MediaWiki-Core-Snapshots board.Oct 29 2018, 10:03 AM