User:Admin/log

2013

change redirect to dedicated directory
install MW 1.20.0
try to import entire Main: namespace from old server; fail
- replace is tab, ^n ^p ^11 ^13 to ^l and finally ^l^l to ^11
try in smaller chunks of 345 pages, Main namespace successfully imported
next up: install extensions so front page doesn't look like crap...
DISABLE registrations - until antispam can be installed
ENABLE $wgSysopRangeBans - to ban of ranges of IPs
ENABLE non-admins to view the special:deleted contributions page - so spam reports can be evidenced
ENABLE wgAllowSlowParserFunctions - needed for the PAGESINNAMESPACE magic word
ENABLE $wgArticlePath $wgUsePathInfo - for short urls; had to bugger with .htaccess to do it
INSTALL CategoryTree extension.
ENABLE ConfirmEdit extension, which seems to come bundled these days. Barfed on save attempt without VisualMathCaptcha. Guess I should install that. fml Configurations are NOT in LocalSettings, but rather in ConfirmEdit
Install VisualMathCaptcha, ConfirmEdit no barf now so I configured it no nag fcking everybody. Except me.

Site-specific namespaces will be done last

import Talk: namespace... not. Too much garbage to sort through (deleted/locked notices, etc.) Conversations will have to start again from scratch.
import User: namespace (limited to known contributors, who will have to re-register due to the new database)
looks like some of the userpages got spammed...
copy over MediaWiki's common.css and .js files. Should work here, but maybe...
import Template: namespace, leaving Template talk: namespace where it is
leaving most of the Category: namespace where it is, since the structure's going to get a total makeover

How the hell to mass import the images??

ENABLE user account creation; let's see what happens...
- Well, that didn't take long... six hours and over 20 spam. Locking it back up again...
Chesking out Extension:AbuseFilter. TOW uses it.
Added line but did not enable $wgEmailConfirmToEdit. May be of use later.

Finally seem (SEEM) to have figured out how to get importImages.php to work on the server. First files came through with all aspects intact. Will backup and try to run on all 2200 or so files.
- worked for 2012 files. Good enough...