Help talk:How to import articles

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Importation of Articles

I would like to ask how to successfully import articles Olawuyi Israel (talk) 06:07, 21 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 January 2025

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Help:How to import articles → ? – The current title is quite misleading. The word "import" on Wikipedia has a very specific definition (see Help:Import), but this seems like a guide on how to copy pages from other sources, with no information on actual importation. I don't know a specific title that would be preferable, but the current one is not acceptable. JJP_{Mas_ter} (she/they) 03:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC) — Relisting. Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Note: Help Project has been notified of this discussion. JJP_{Mas_ter} (she/they) 03:21, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Since importing is such a heavily-restricted function, and most other wikis have an import function, I feel that the current title does answer a question that some are likely to ask (say, for example, editors coming over from Fandom, which does generally allow import/export more freely, to my knowledge, anyways)

I think the current title is probably fine for the purpose of establishing alternatives to the import function, so if it needs to be renamed, something like Help:Alternatives to importing articles, with the current title redirecting to it (as it's still relevant) might be okay, but I'm not very sold on that title either. I think it would also help, especially if this is moved, to edit the intro to the page to indicate the difference between this and Help:Import and why it's relevant. ASUKITE 16:36, 30 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

We should just move this back to projectspace (where it was until 2017) and mark it historical: it's useful more as a window into how things worked in 2003 than as an actual guide for new editors. If we did that, I think the unclear title would be less of an issue. Extraordinary Writ (talk) 08:38, 1 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete The entire page as irrelevant legacy cruft. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 04:21, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]