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Things to consider/work on for migrating Exodictionary to a Spacepedia/Exodictionary namespace:
 
Things to consider/work on for migrating Exodictionary to a Spacepedia/Exodictionary namespace:
* Reduce definition entries imported from SP-7 that are not relevant to the exoproject wikis
 
* Bulk cleanup efforts
 
* Reducing tag and category collisions
 
* Migrate categories that are not to be merged to their new names
 
  
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===BEFORE===
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*Find and/or develop bot for bulk actions
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*Test bot
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*Reduce definition entries imported from SP-7 that are not relevant to the exoproject wikis
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*Bulk cleanup efforts
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*Reducing tag and category collisions
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*Migrate categories that are not to be merged to their new names
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*Migrate Exodictionary namespace to a new namespace?
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*Can a specific namespace not have automatic capitalization?
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*Custom template/branding for destination namespace on Spacepedia/Exoplatz
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*Custom parameters for destination namespace on Spacepedia/Exoplatz
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*Migrate definitions to a definition-specific namespace
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*Change definition hyperlinks to stay within definition namespace
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===DURING===
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*Export definitions in batches small enough to not cause timeouts
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*Import definitions to destination Exodictionary namespace
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*Export categories
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*Import categories
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*Export image pages
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*Import image pages
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*Download images
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*Upload images
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===AFTER===
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*Check for and address any collisions
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*Verify transfer of all non-removed content
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*Verify usefulness of transferred site
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*Deactivate legacy wiki
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*Set up redirection of links to legacy wiki
  
 
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Latest revision as of 16:20, 14 June 2019

Things to consider/work on for migrating Exodictionary to a Spacepedia/Exodictionary namespace:

BEFORE

  • Find and/or develop bot for bulk actions
  • Test bot
  • Reduce definition entries imported from SP-7 that are not relevant to the exoproject wikis
  • Bulk cleanup efforts
  • Reducing tag and category collisions
  • Migrate categories that are not to be merged to their new names
  • Migrate Exodictionary namespace to a new namespace?
  • Can a specific namespace not have automatic capitalization?
  • Custom template/branding for destination namespace on Spacepedia/Exoplatz
  • Custom parameters for destination namespace on Spacepedia/Exoplatz
  • Migrate definitions to a definition-specific namespace
  • Change definition hyperlinks to stay within definition namespace

DURING

  • Export definitions in batches small enough to not cause timeouts
  • Import definitions to destination Exodictionary namespace
  • Export categories
  • Import categories
  • Export image pages
  • Import image pages
  • Download images
  • Upload images

AFTER

  • Check for and address any collisions
  • Verify transfer of all non-removed content
  • Verify usefulness of transferred site
  • Deactivate legacy wiki
  • Set up redirection of links to legacy wiki