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I hope you are having a good start to the new year. In November 2018, I downloaded hundreds of English Wikipedia pages from the mainspace using the Special:Export <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Export> page for textual analysis. I tried downloading more today in the same fashion, but the exported XML files do not have the content of the pages. Maybe I am doing something wrong or missing something. Any help would be appreciated. I also have a question, if you may, about the Special:Export page. Does it work on other Wikipedia language editions (e.g. Arabic)? When I used it in November 2018 to download pages from the mainspace in Arabic, I got content-less XML files. Best, Reem -- *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l |
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wrote: > Hello! > > I hope you are having a good start to the new year. In November 2018, I > downloaded hundreds of English Wikipedia pages from the mainspace using the > Special:Export <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Export> page for > textual analysis. I tried downloading more today in the same fashion, but > the exported XML files do not have the content of the pages. Maybe I am > doing something wrong or missing something. Any help would be appreciated. > Can you say more about a sample page that fails to export, and what settings you used? I just tested it as a logged in user for a sample page and got the expected content. I also have a question, if you may, about the Special:Export page. Does it > work on other Wikipedia language editions (e.g. Arabic)? When I used it in > November 2018 to download pages from the mainspace in Arabic, I got > content-less XML files. > Yes, it works on any project for any language. Ariel _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l |
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Many thanks to Ariel for her help. We have been talking off-list and trouble-shooting. Thanks again! :) Well, I found the solution but it is a bit embarrassing. However, I decided to save future people from the same embarrassment by writing to the list :D I was using the MediaWiki Special:Export page <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Export> not the Wikipedia Special:Export Page <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export>... Ehm.. learning curve.. learning curve. Have a great weekend. Best, Reem <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, 6 Jan 2019 at 17:39, Ariel Glenn WMF <[hidden email]> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 6, 2019 at 4:32 PM Reem Al-Kashif <[hidden email]> > wrote: > > > Hello! > > > > I hope you are having a good start to the new year. In November 2018, I > > downloaded hundreds of English Wikipedia pages from the mainspace using > the > > Special:Export <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Export> page for > > textual analysis. I tried downloading more today in the same fashion, but > > the exported XML files do not have the content of the pages. Maybe I am > > doing something wrong or missing something. Any help would be > appreciated. > > > > Can you say more about a sample page that fails to export, and what > settings you used? I just tested it as a logged in user for a sample page > and got the expected content. > > I also have a question, if you may, about the Special:Export page. Does it > > work on other Wikipedia language editions (e.g. Arabic)? When I used it > in > > November 2018 to download pages from the mainspace in Arabic, I got > > content-less XML files. > > > > Yes, it works on any project for any language. > > Ariel > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- *Kind regards,Reem Al-Kashif* _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l |
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