Namespace dropdown on Special:Import is confusing
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	• bzimport
	Oct 9 2008, 4:34 AM

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Author: mike.lifeguard+bugs

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The (all) option in that dropdown really means "Put it in whatever namespace it's coming from." Perhaps "same" would be better than "all."

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Reference: bz15908

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Make import destination UI more intuitive and clearer	mediawiki/core	master	+105 -64

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: rMW1fe98feab0f7: Make import destination UI more intuitive and clearer

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:20 PM

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• bzimport created this task.Oct 9 2008, 4:34 AM

The major problem with that option (besides the naming) is that said namespace _might_ not be defined on the importing wiki...I'd suggest only giving that option if the namespace exists.

mike.lifeguard+bugs wrote:

(In reply to comment #1)

The major problem with that option (besides the naming) is that said namespace
_might_ not be defined on the importing wiki...I'd suggest only giving that
option if the namespace exists.

Exists or has an equivalent. When importing from another language, the namespaces will be named differently. This even occurs between projects - the project namespace changes from project to project within a single language.

I suppose that'd be related to bug 15387, and possibly bug 5770.