Project:Requests/User rights/Unite together (3)

User: Unite together

Requested user-rights: Importer.

Unite together (talk • contribs • logs • rights • global account)

Currently I'm engaged in porting popular on-wiki gadgets into MediaWiki extensions. Many of these scripts have had existing docs on wiki pages, almost usable here. That's why I'm requesting importer access: I'm going to import those pages, typically from Commons and Wikipedia to here, then we won't need to create these pages anew, and preserving history. -- U.T. 15:32, 26 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support but please be careful - importing is a powertool that can easily mess up the wiki in ways that are a pain to undo. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 01:43, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please give example of the pages. – Ammarpad (talk) 09:12, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Info pages related to HotCat on many wikis are my examples. Also, I may port some other gadgets as well, those pages will need importing then. I wouldn't like to bother others every time I do so. -- U.T. 10:01, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance to use transwiki import (if needed we can add wikis to transwiki import)? --Ameisenigel (talk) 09:13, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
This is what I'm going to heavily make use of... Especially commons and wp. -- U.T. 09:58, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Probably you need to fill a ticket to add commons to import source :) Stang 17:28, 27 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Then you probably do not need importer rights, transwiki importer would be sufficient? --Ameisenigel (talk) 15:45, 30 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe. I've learned that importer only has one more functionality than transwiki importer: importing from local XML files, which is unlikely for me to use. Then transwiki importer is sufficient for me. I didn't know here we have both flags before and thought only importer flag is available here though. -- U.T. 06:43, 1 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support for transwiki importer --Ameisenigel (talk) 12:56, 5 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Unite together: just to confirm, this is now a request just for transwiki importer, right? How long do you anticipate needing the rights for? Or is this intended to be permanent? --DannyS712 (talk) 03:16, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Right. I intend to get a permanent access, for I'd use this frequently in the future but I'm unsure for how long I would have these needs. -- U.T. 03:22, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done @Unite together: I have granted permanent transwiki importer rights. Please be careful using this tool and don't hesitate to ask questions if you run into any issues --DannyS712 (talk) 01:43, 16 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]