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For the sake of simplicity, the originating and target wikis are respectively called 'original' and 'remote'. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Etymology" data-mw-thread-id="h-Etymology"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Etymology"></span>Etymology<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Etymology"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The word <i>transwiki</i> was coined in late 2003 by <a href="/wiki/User:Eclecticology" title="User:Eclecticology">Ray Saintonge</a> (see <a class="external text" href="https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2003-November/013090.html">[Wikipedia-l] Transwiki</a>) and officially introduced to the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/codebase" class="extiw" title="w:codebase">codebase</a> by <a href="/wiki/User:Brion_VIBBER" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Brion VIBBER">Brion Vibber</a> in mid-2005 as part of the <a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">Special:Import function</a> (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/wikipedia/phase3/languages/Language.php?r1=1.572&r2=1.573">change</a>). The term is intended to avoid ambiguity with English words like <i>transfer</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Procedures" data-mw-thread-id="h-Procedures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Procedures"></span>Procedures<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Procedures"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Procedures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Overview" data-mw-thread-id="h-Overview-Procedures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Overview-Procedures"></span>Overview<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Overview-Procedures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Overview"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The procedure allows users to copy pages to an unfamiliar wiki using a standardised structure. Every <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_movement" title="Wikimedia movement">Wikimedia</a> project has a "transwiki:" namespace or pseudonamespace,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> intended as a temporary location for articles moved from another wiki. This namespace allows users to copy pages from the origin to the foreign (destination) wiki, but give foreign users the chance to consider and format them before completing the move. Every transwiki move should be logged in the remote transwiki log, reachable through a redirect at "<a href="/wiki/Transwiki" class="mw-disambig" title="Transwiki">transwiki</a>". To satisfy the GNU license, a record of contributors to the original page has to be copied over by one of the methods described below. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Create_the_structure" data-mw-thread-id="h-Create_the_structure-Procedures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Create_the_structure-Procedures"></span>Create the structure<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Create_the_structure-Procedures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Create the structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This step is <i>only</i> necessary if the remote wiki doesn't already have a structure. You can check whether the structure exists by going to "<a href="/wiki/Transwiki" class="mw-disambig" title="Transwiki">transwiki</a>" on the remote wiki; if you are redirected to a log, you can skip this step. </p> <ol><li>Go to "transwiki" on the remote wiki, and place the following code. 'Project' is a software alias that refers to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Project namespace">project namespace</a>, regardless of the defined name.<pre>#REDIRECT [[Project:Transwiki log]]</pre></li> <li>Follow the redirect to "Project:Transwiki log" and create it with the basic template below (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tweak" class="extiw" title="wikt:tweak">tweaking</a> information as relevant). If you don't know the remote language, simply write it in English and a remote user will translate it. <div style="padding:1em; border:1px dashed #2f6fab; text-align:left; color:#000; background-color:#f9f9f9;">This is the English Wikipedia's transwiki log. For instructions and details, please see [[m:Help:Transwiki|]] on the Meta-Wiki. Note that users often transwiki articles without knowledge of the correct procedure, so that many transwikied pages may not be on this list; see the <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:PrefixIndex|from=Transwiki:}} list of transwiki: pages]</span>.</div></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Begin_transwiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-Begin_transwiki-Procedures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Begin_transwiki-Procedures"></span>Begin transwiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Begin_transwiki-Procedures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Begin transwiki"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>If the <a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">import feature</a> is enabled between the originating and remote wiki (and you have access to the restricted feature), see <a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">Help:Import</a>. Otherwise, use this procedure to transwiki the page. </p> <ul><li><small>Note: Some projects provide automated transwiki tools; consider using those instead whenever available.</small></li></ul> <p><b>Move</b> </p> <ol><li>Unless you have <a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">import access</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/copy_and_paste" class="extiw" title="w:copy and paste">copy and paste</a> the content to "transwiki:pagename" on the remote wiki. Copy the talk page as well if there is any relevant discussion.</li></ol> <p>Try the following: </p> <ol><li>On the remote talk page, copy and paste the original page's history log under a new heading (see <a href="/wiki/Talk:Wikistress" title="Talk:Wikistress">Talk:Wikistress</a> for an example). This is to adhere to the requirements of <a href="/wiki/GNU_Free_Documentation_License" title="GNU Free Documentation License">Wikimedia's license</a>, which requires that a record be made of all authors. If there are only a few authors, you can note them in your creation <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> instead.</li> <li>In the same section, note the original page location (in the edit summary or on the talk page). This allows users to retrieve the original edit history or undelete the original page (for example, to <a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">import</a> the edit history).</li> <li>Go to the remote transwiki log (reachable through the page titled "transwiki", unless the structure needs to be created). Add a link to the original location and one to the new page, along with the default dated signature. For example:<pre>* Moved [[w:blah]] to [[transwiki:blah]]. ~~~~</pre> <dl><dd>In this example, the message indicates that one is in the Wikibooks and indicates that the page has been transwikied from Wikipedia (w:)</dd></dl></li> <li>Go to the original transwiki log (reachable through the page titled "transwiki", unless the structure needs to be created). Add a link to the original location and one to the new page, along with the default dated signature. For example:<pre>* Moved [[blah]] to [[wikibooks:transwiki:blah]]. ~~~~</pre> <dl><dd>In this message of the same example, one is on Wikipedia and indicates that the page has been transwikied to Wikibooks (w:)</dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Complete_transwiki_(local_users)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Complete_transwiki_(local_users)-Procedures"><span id="Complete_transwiki_.28local_users.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Complete_transwiki_(local_users)-Procedures"></span>Complete transwiki (local users)<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Complete_transwiki_(local_users)-Procedures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Complete transwiki (local users)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The rest of the transwiki should be done by remote users. They should consider whether the page matches their inclusion standards, apply any formatting standards, and <a href="/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page" title="Help:Moving a page">move</a> it to the appropriate page title. Some users recommend leaving a redirect from the transwiki: title to prevent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/linkrot" class="extiw" title="w:linkrot">linkrot</a>. </p><p>In case that a transwiki should be <i>merged</i> with an existing page, you may consider merging the edit histories, as described at: <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Administrator%27s_Handbook/Edit_History" class="extiw" title="b:MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook/Edit History">MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook: Edit History</a>. Note that this should be done <i>cautiously</i> as it is a manual process and is <i>extremely tedious</i> to <i>undo.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Example" data-mw-thread-id="h-Example-Procedures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Example-Procedures"></span>Example<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Example-Procedures"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Example"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Looxix accidentally submits a French article called <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorraine (page does not exist)">Lorraine</a> to the English Wikipedia.</li> <li>Angela notices it, and decides it might be more suitable for the French Wikipedia.</li> <li>She copies and pastes the content into a new article called <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/transwiki:Lorraine" class="extiw" title="fr:transwiki:Lorraine">transwiki:Lorraine</a> at the French Wikipedia.</li> <li>She then goes to "<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transwiki" class="extiw" title="fr:Transwiki">Transwiki</a>" on the French Wikipedia (which redirects to "<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/import" class="extiw" title="fr:Special:Log/import">Special:Log/import</a>"; the described procedure does not seem operational <a class="external autonumber" href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikip%C3%A9dia:Log_de_transwiki&diff=7885999&oldid=7882253">[1]</a>; if it would redirect to an editable log page, she would make a record in the log as shown above).</li> <li>Then the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lorraine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lorraine (page does not exist)">Lorraine</a> article at the English Wikipedia is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Deletion_policy" class="extiw" title="en:WP:Deletion policy">tagged for deletion</a> by her.</li> <li>Anthère (a local user) then would go to the <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:log_de_transwiki" class="extiw" title="fr:Wikipédia:log de transwiki">fr:Wikipédia:log de transwiki</a> (if it were used as log page) and sees there is an article to work on.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">English Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transwiki_importers" class="extiw" title="w:Wikipedia:Transwiki importers">rarely uses</a> the Transwiki: pseudo-namespace as there isn't much transwikification traffic going <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Transwiki_log/Articles_moved_to_here" class="extiw" title="en:Wikipedia:Transwiki log/Articles moved to here">to Wikipedia</a> except for interwiki language translations which use a different process.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Help:Transwiki&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Moving_files_to_Commons" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Moving files to Commons">commons:Category:Moving files to Commons</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Copy_to_Wikimedia_Commons" class="extiw" title="en:Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons">en:Category:Copy to Wikimedia Commons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">Help:Import</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Interwiki_linking_on_Wikimedia_wikis" title="Help:Interwiki linking on Wikimedia wikis">Help:Interwiki linking on Wikimedia wikis</a></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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