Special:Import allows pages to be placed into a selected namespace.
This functionality is not present in importDump.php.
My reason for needing this is importing Wikidata items from namespace 0 into a custom Item: namespace.
Note that this is not required to import Wikidata properties from namespace 120 to a different namespace number if the namespace name is "Property".
| Subject | Author | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allow importing to specified namespace | John Vandenberg | mediawiki/core | master | +5 -0 |
Change 306219 had a related patch set uploaded (by John Vandenberg):
Allow importing to specified namespace
The attached patch in gerrit has the problem that a dump with pages in multiple namespaces needs to be processed multiple times -- once for each source namespace that is mapped to a different target namespace. i.e.
Another approach, which will require more development work, is to map XML source namespaces to the target wiki namespaces. i.e. the command line equivalent of T43969 , allowing that task to focus on the UI aspects.
This could be done with the --namespaces argument, which is currently only an inclusive filter for the namespaces to import, but it could be expanded to optionally specify the target namespace for each namespace included. e.g.
--namespaces=0:120|1:121|2|3|...
or
--namespaces=0:120|1:121|all
Some validation of the target namespaces will be needed (or at least useful), so it might be useful to solve T64111 first.
Change #306219 abandoned by Hashar:
[mediawiki/core@master] Allow importing to specified namespace
Change #306219 restored by Thcipriani:
[mediawiki/core@master] Allow importing to specified namespace