User talk:Geofferybard

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I would like to be able to more readily import and present side by side Esp-Eng content. Geofferybard 23:46, 23 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The export/import functionality treats whole pages only. So, side by side presentation would need to be done manually. Generally, you can present two pieces of text side by side by placing them inside a table, thus:


 * yielding:


 * Hamilton Abreu 00:28, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Thanks.
Another technical problem I have is importing certain pages. (I have importer privileges.) I can't import certain files and I can import nothing from simple->wikibooks. The files that never move are Fukushima Disaster (not exact name) at wikipedia and Chernobyl...I'm not a conspiracy buff. It may be because the file is locked vs. edits. Geofferybard 03:47, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, page "Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster" at wikipedia, for example, can be exported and imported with no problems. The page is not locked against edits at wikipedia. The exported file won't be locked. So the issue probably lies in some detail:
 * What happens when you try to import? Any error message, or anything else?
 * Are you exporting just the latest version, which produces a ~400KB file, or the full history plus templates, which produces a >20MB file? What is the actual size of the export file(s) you're getting?
 * The wiki you're importing the file into, what version is it? Can you provide a URL to it?
 * I don´t understand what "simple->wikibooks" means. Can you explain?
 * When you say "It may be because the file is locked vs. edits", are you referring to a page in a wiki or to an actual file? I ask because the locking against edits happens only in the wiki, so the file should not be locked.
 * Hamilton Abreu 04:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Hamilton Abreu 04:15, 24 May 2011 (UTC)

Reply on importing

 * Well, page "Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster" at wikipedia, for example, can be exported and imported with no problems.

'''I have been failing on that page for days. I thought I recalled a lock icon'''.

The page is not locked against edits at wikipedia. I will check url.

The exported file won't be locked. '''

Maybe I can save the history file to the HD and then upload which I can do now at wikibooks.'''

So the issue probably lies in some detail:
 * What happens when you try to import? Any error message, or anything else?

 Red letters either cant open file or doesnt recognize five minutes more details.


 * Are you exporting just the latest version, which produces a ~400KB file, or the full history plus templates, which produces a >20MB file? What is the actual size of the export file(s) you're getting?

actually importing i am importer on w.books just a user on w.ped


 * The wiki you're importing the file into, what version is it? Can you provide a URL to it?

ok five minutes
 * I don´t understand what "simple->wikibooks" means. Can you explain?

 importing from www.simple.wikipedia.org to wikibooks.org


 * When you say "It may be because the file is locked vs. edits", are you referring to a page in a wiki or to an actual file? I ask because the locking against edits happens only in the wiki, so the file should not be locked.

lock icon ...import is supposed to grab the edit history so more than one file is imported ''' also the failed imports dont register in my log i wonder if admins can see them. that would document and prove if i used alternate attribution schemes.'''  also, when i do get successful imports, i get an error page at wmf somewhere but then i look in transwiki and the file is imported
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_Nuclear_Power_Plant would not import from

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Special:Import I have imported many other files but not certain ones and nothing ever from simple.wikipedia

Let's worry about this issue later Will this screw up my account?
I saw this on media wiki as an editor for wikipedia thought of using this in wp: importScriptURI("http://toolserver.org/~magnus/wysiwtf/wysiwtf.js")Geofferybard 04:21, 24 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Sorry, pal, don't know that script nor what it does, so I don't really have an opinion there. -- Hamilton Abreu 04:29, 24 May 2011 (UTC)