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Welcome to '''WikiProject Transwiki''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] for helping with the transwiki process outside of the Wikimedia family. This is done by explaining how to import and export articles, linking to help with [[MediaWiki]] software, prepping templates for use outside of Wikipedia, listing available resources (including editors willing to help), and much more.
Welcome to '''WikiProject Transwiki''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] for helping with the transwiki process outside of the Wikimedia family. This is done by explaining how to import and export articles, linking to help with [[MediaWiki]] software, prepping templates for use outside of Wikipedia, listing available resources (including editors willing to help), and much more.
For more information on WikiProjects, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProjects]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices]].
For more information on WikiProjects, please see [[Wikipedia:WikiProjects]] and [[Wikipedia:WikiProject best practices]].
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==Before we begin==
''It should be noted that if you wish to have the below on a wiki that you administrate for or likewise, you must get the parser function available [http://mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ParserFunctions here] or this will '''not work'''.
==Main goals==
===Main goals===
#'''Template "pack"''' - a pack of commonly used templates that is pure wikicode and ready to be imported via xml file. We'll need to identify which templates should go into this basic pack. Some templates might require converting into pure-wiki table code, or for simplification.
#'''Template "pack"''' - a pack of commonly used templates that is pure wikicode and ready to be imported via xml file. We'll need to identify which templates should go into this basic pack. Some templates might require converting into pure-wiki table code, or for simplification.
#'''MediaWiki "pack"'''- similar to the template pack, a bunch of MediaWiki namespace pages that are formatted for general and easy use for most other wikis
#'''MediaWiki "pack"'''- similar to the template pack, a bunch of MediaWiki namespace pages that are formatted for general and easy use for most other wikis
==Useful files and templates==
==Useful files and templates==
===MediaWiki files===
===MediaWiki files===
*[[/MediaWiki:Common.css]] - Click edit and select all text. Disregard appearance when viewed as a normal page. Should work on most installations of MediaWiki. Will import most of the css classes that Wikipedia uses (especially useful for wikitable classes). Last updated: April 17, 2008
*[[/MediaWiki:Common.css]] - Click edit and select all text. Disregard appearance when viewed as a normal page. Should work on most installations of MediaWiki. Will import most of the css styling for the class attributes that Wikipedia uses (especially useful for classes in wikitables). Last updated: April 17, 2008
*[[/MediaWiki:Common.js]] - Click edit and select all text. Disregard appearance when viewed as a normal page. Same as above, but for some common javascript. Also includes useful bug fixes that might not be fixed in the current version of MediaWiki. Last updated: April 17, 2008
*[[/MediaWiki:Common.js]] - Click edit and select all text. Disregard appearance when viewed as a normal page. Same as above, but for some common javascript. Also includes useful bug fixes that might not be fixed in the current version of MediaWiki. Last updated: April 17, 2008
;These templates can normally be used as-is:
;These templates can normally be used as-is:
*[[Template:!!]] – Vital for most other templates to work. Recommend full protection when used on other wikis.
*[[Template:!!]] – Vital for most other templates to work. Recommend full protection when used on other wikis.
*[[Template:-]] – Not as vital, but still highly used.
*[[Template:-]] – Not as vital, but still highly used.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[:Category:Wikipedia administrators who will provide copies of deleted articles]]
*[[:Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles]]
*[[Special:Version]] - gives a full list of extensions currently installed on en.wikipedia.org
*[[Special:Version]] - gives a full list of extensions currently installed on en.wikipedia.org
*[[Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes]]
*[[Wikipedia:Catalogue of CSS classes]]
* Unofficial bundles of the extensions in the Wikimedia [[Subversion#The_repository|SVN repository]] can sometimes be found on the [[tools:~daniel/repository/extensions/|toolserver]]. These bundles are arbitrary snapshots, so keep in mind they might contain a broken version of the extension (just as if you load them from the developer's repository directly).
* Unofficial bundles of the extensions in the Wikimedia [[Subversion#The_repository|SVN repository]] can sometimes be found on the [[tools:~daniel/repository/extensions/|toolserver]]. These bundles are arbitrary snapshots, so keep in mind they might contain a broken version of the extension (just as if you load them from the developer's repository directly).
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