Wikipedia:Requests for page importation
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noticeboard where Wikipedia users can request that a page history be imported
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Requests for page importation
This is a place to request that pages be imported with history of pages from other Wikimedia Foundation wikis to here. This might be done if a page was copied and pasted from a WMF wiki to here, or, in the case of the Nostalgia Wikipedia, to make very old revisions accessible. Administrators can import pages from Meta, Commons, the Outreach Wiki, the Test2 Wikipedia site, and the German, Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, and Nostalgia Wikipedias to the English Wikipedia (see Phabricator task 22280 for relevant shell permission requests, and to request permissions for importing from more projects). It is also possible to indirectly perform a transwiki import from other projects by using step-wise process through a third project that has a project mapping already created, although using the export/import process may be simpler.
- Guidelines for admins
Check the history of the source page before importing. If there are overlapping edits between the source and destination page, import the edits into the MediaWiki talk namespace, since it is very rarely used. Follow this procedure, where "foo" is the title of the page in the English Wikipedia and "bar" is the title of the source page:
- Import "bar". When asked for the namespace, select "MediaWiki talk".
- Move "foo" to "MediaWiki talk:bar". When asked whether you want to delete the page, answer yes.
- From the "move succeeded" window, there is a link to the page history at "MediaWiki talk:bar". Activate it, perhaps in another tab or window, and there will be some text in the form "View or restore xxx deleted edits?". Activate the link associated with that text and undelete the imported edits that you need. The remaining edits will stay safely deleted in the MediaWiki talk namespace.
- Revert the move you made in step two. Uncheck the box that says "Leave a redirect behind", since redirects from the MediaWiki talk namespace are useless. If you want, you can use the "revert" link in the "move succeeded" window. The page move should go without a hitch.
The same procedure can be used when there are no overlapping edits, but in this case, it's best to move the page first, so the import appears in the page history.
In general, do not use the "assign edits to local users where the named user exists locally", leaving this off will indicate in the history the project the edits came from and you won't have to worry about non-created accounts here.
See User:Graham87/Import for guidelines on importing from the Nostalgia Wikipedia. There is a log of all page imports at Special:Log/import.
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- Language: de:Leif_Möller_(Basketballspieler)
- New name: Leif_Möller
- Note: --41.86.63.57 (talk) 10:19, 31 January 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; we don't import untranslated articles straight in to the main namespace. For a case like this, assuming that the first heading in this edit about playing US college basketball is a hard fact and not idle speculation, I'd prefer certification by, say, WikiProject College basketball before continuing. It's quite curious that an IP from the Seychelles is showing an interest in this topic. Graham87 (talk) 14:45, 31 January 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Import of de:Kenda Hmeidan to Kenda Hmeidan
[edit ]- Language: de:Kenda Hmeidan
- New name: Kenda Hmeidan -- or preferably: User:Baekemm/Kenda Hmeidan (prior to translation)
- Note: German stage and film actress in leading role in a new international film production that premiered at the 75th Biennale (No Beast. So Fierce.--Baekemm (talk) 23:53, 14 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Done, to User:Baekemm/Kenda Hmeidan. Graham87 (talk) 00:36, 15 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @Graham87 Thank you very much for the speedy import. The english entry is now complete and uploaded. Baekemm (talk) 13:44, 15 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:IDT Biologika
- New name: Benutzer:AJ C Member/IDT Biologika
- Note: Übersetzungswunsch ins Englische --AJ C Member (talk) 17:04, 16 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; you do not have much experience on any addition of Wikipedia, so you probably have a conflict of interest. Graham87 (talk) 01:59, 17 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:Bulldog Racing
- New name: Maexxem/Bulldog Racing
- Note: Request for translationMaexxem (talk) 11:36, 18 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done, for several reasons. You have little experience on any Wikipedia addition so you probably have a conflict of interest. Furthermore, you created the article in one fell swoop, adding to my conflict of interest-related impressions. Lastly, and most importantly, the article is up for deletion on the German Wikipedia; if a community member there has felt the need to nominate it for deletion, we shouldn't have the article either. Graham87 (talk) 14:36, 18 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
Import of de.wikipedia.org:Benutzer:Eilhart_von_Oberg/Stein_prison_massacre to Stein prison massacre
[edit ]- Language: de.wikipedia.org:Benutzer:Eilhart_von_Oberg/Stein_prison_massacre
- New name: Stein prison massacre
- Note: Thanks for importing my version in the English language wikipedia.--Eilhart von Oberg (talk) 10:54, 19 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; importation is for attribution of original-language content before translation, not for creating an article. Honestly, you should've written English content on the English Wikipedia. We'd need to import de:Massaker im Zuchthaus Stein and then import de:Benutzer:Eilhart von Oberg/Stein prison massacre to the same place. The problem is this edit to the former page; is it relevant to the translation? The English translation needs some work before it's ready for the article namespace and needs some thought on how it'd be integrated in to the English Wikipedia. If someone else here wants to help or take over, feel free. Graham87 (talk) 15:03, 19 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Thanks for the feedback. The edits on the site de:Massaker im Zuchthaus Stein are of no relevance for the translation as they are just minor ones. But did I get your recommendation right, to better copy the English content from my German user space to the English sandbox in order to proceed it right? Eilhart von Oberg (talk) 16:22, 19 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- @Eilhart von Oberg: Yes, that's correct. Graham87 (talk) 00:15, 20 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:Blickle Räder+Rollen
- New name: Benutzer:Blickle1953/Blickle Räder+Rollen
- Note: --Blickle1953 (talk) 06:10, 20 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note: I want to create an English speaking Wiki page for the german based company Blickle Wheels and Castors. As it is an international acting company which is operating all over the world an English page should be relevant. Blickle1953 (talk) 14:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done. You haven't had much experience editing any Wikipedia addition and you have a clear conflict of interest about the article subject per your username. Graham87 (talk) 14:08, 20 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note: I want to create an English speaking Wiki page for the german based company Blickle Wheels and Castors. As it is an international acting company which is operating all over the world an English page should be relevant. Blickle1953 (talk) 14:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Well you can't, because of your conflict of interest. If it's truly notable enough for the English Wikipedia, someone will create an article about it eventually. Graham87 (talk) 03:57, 25 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note: I want to create an English speaking Wiki page for the german based company Blickle Wheels and Castors. As it is an international acting company which is operating all over the world an English page should be relevant. Blickle1953 (talk) 14:18, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:Music Awards Japan
- New name: Music Awards Japan
- Note: Please import the version history of the German-languaged article to the English-languaged article. Thank you very much! :-) --Goroth (talk) 15:29, 22 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Done * Pppery * it has begun... 19:03, 22 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:Blickle Räder+Rollen
- New name: User:Blickle1953/Blickle Räder+Rollen
- Note: --Blickle1953 (talk) 14:01, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; you've already been told no above. Graham87 (talk) 14:04, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Hi sorry, it was an mistake by me. I did not intent to create another import request. This request can be closed. I replied in the request above.
- Note: I want to create an English speaking Wiki page for the german based company Blickle Wheels and Castors. As it is an international acting company which is operating all over the world an English page should be relevant. Blickle1953 (talk) 14:19, 24 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- The same reasoning applies, and I agree with Graham's reasoning for denying your above request. Your username shows you have a clear conflict of interest. As seen at our conflict of interest policy, you may submit an article through the Articles for Creation process for review. Please review that policy for further details. EggRoll97 (talk) 05:29, 27 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de.wikipedia.org:Tanja Anstatt
- New name: User:KGena/Tanja Anstatt
- Note: --KGena (talk) 07:21, 26 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; at time of writing, your only edits to the German Wikipedia have related to the creation and tweaking of the German article about this person, thus indicating an extreme conflict of interest in this matter. Graham87 (talk) 14:49, 26 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Language: de:WIFU-Stiftung
- New name: User:Yosella/WIFU Foundation
- Note: --Yosella (talk) 14:39, 26 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]
- Note by importing user: Not done; at time of writing, many or all of your edits to the German Wikipedia have related to the creation and tweaking of the German article about this organisation, thus indicating an extreme conflict of interest in this matter. Graham87 (talk) 14:49, 26 February 2025 (UTC) [reply ]