2 Jun 2006 04:44
RE: Pagefromfile.py Question
Tim Doyle <tim <at> greenscourt.com>
2006-06-02 02:44:18 GMT
2006-06-02 02:44:18 GMT
Can anyone help me with #2 below? Why am I unable to create valid #REDIRECT
pages using pagefromfile.py?
Thank you!
Tim Doyle
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Subject: [pyWikipediaBot-users] Pagefromfile.py Question
I am attempting to create a set of redirect pages on my wiki and I am having
a few problems.
Here are the issues that I am encountering:
1. Why do the titles of the pages to be created have to be included in the
contents of the page? I know the hack is to put it in a comment, but why
doesn't the file that the script reads from just use a format such as
{{-titlestart-}}title{{-titlestop-}} and
{{-contentstart-}}contents{{-contentstop-}}?
2. Even if I move the commented title line below the #REDIRECT statement and
create the page that way, the redirect isn't a true redirect until I
manually edit and save the page. Is there some interpretation to make it a
real redirect which happens via the interface that isn't happening via the
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