Re: Is a very broad Special:Import source list something folks want for Wikimedia wikis?

I agree with that. I wish there were an easier way to install modules and
templates to a newly established wiki, instead of manually copy-pasting the
scripts and manually resolving all the dependencies.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 9:25 AM 1F616EMO via Wikitech-l <
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> > Is it still a generally valuable and desired thing to have any
> > Wikimedia wiki be able to import content from any other public
> > Wikimedia wiki?
>
> Yes and no. The demand on importing "content" pages is not high -
> despite there exists a "move to [insert sister project here]" option in
> XfD (seen on zhwiki), the usage is really low, as those who picked the
> wrong project to contribute on probably lack the ability to write
> anything good enough in the first place. Also, moving to Wikinews is not
> an option due to licensing issues.
>
> However, sharing templates between projects is still useful, especially
> for new and small wikis and the incubator. Small wikis can benefit from
> importing established templates and modules from larger wikis, translate
> the messages, and further modify it per local consensus, while handing
> off the issue of attribution to the system. However, this is not often
> seen on older wikis, as Special:Import is not as easy to deal with as an
> `git pull`.
>
>
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