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== Importation of Articles ==

I would like to ask how to successfully import articles [[User:Olawuyi Israel|Olawuyi Israel]] ([[User talk:Olawuyi Israel|talk]]) 06:07, 21 August 2023 (UTC)

== Requested move 15 January 2025 ==

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[[:Help:How to import articles]] → ? – The current title is quite misleading. The word "import" on Wikipedia has a very specific definition (see [[Help:Import]]), but this seems like a guide on how to copy pages from other sources, with no information on actual importation. I don't know a specific title that would be preferable, but the current one is not acceptable. [[User:JJPMaster|JJP]]_{[[User talk:JJPMaster|Mas]]_{[[Special:Contributions/JJPMaster|ter]]}} ([[She (pronoun)|she]]/[[Singular they|they]]) 03:20, 15 January 2025 (UTC) <small>—&nbsp;'''''Relisting.'''''&nbsp;[[User talk:Reading Beans|<span style="color:#333">'''Reading Beans, Duke of Rivia'''</span>]] 06:40, 22 January 2025 (UTC)</small>

:<small>Note: [[Wikipedia talk:Help Project|Help Project]] has been notified of this discussion. [[User:JJPMaster|JJP]]_{[[User talk:JJPMaster|Mas]]_{[[Special:Contributions/JJPMaster|ter]]}} ([[She (pronoun)|she]]/[[Singular they|they]]) 03:21, 15 January 2025 (UTC)</small>

::Since importing is such a heavily-restricted function, and most other wikis have an import function, I feel that the current title does answer a question that some are likely to ask (say, for example, editors coming over from Fandom, which does generally allow import/export more freely, to my knowledge, anyways)

::I think the current title is probably fine for the purpose of establishing alternatives to the import function, so if it needs to be renamed, something like [[Help:Alternatives to importing articles]], with the current title redirecting to it (as it's still relevant) might be okay, but I'm not very sold on that title either. I think it would also help, especially if this is moved, to edit the intro to the page to indicate the difference between this and [[Help:Import]] and why it's relevant. [[User_talk:Asukite|<span style="color:Purple;font-size:medium;font-family:Bradley Hand ITC"> ASUKITE</span>]] 16:36, 30 January 2025 (UTC)

:We should just move this back to projectspace (where it was until 2017) and mark it historical: it's useful more as a window into how things worked in 2003 than as an actual guide for new editors. If we did that, I think the unclear title would be less of an issue. [[User:Extraordinary Writ|Extraordinary Writ]] ([[User talk:Extraordinary Writ|talk]]) 08:38, 1 February 2025 (UTC)

: '''Delete''' The entire page as irrelevant legacy cruft. [[User:Pppery|* Pppery *]] [[User talk:Pppery|<sub style="color:#800000">it has begun...</sub>]] 04:21, 18 February 2025 (UTC)

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