Importer
| Language: | English • hrvatski |
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An importer is a user with import rights, generally speaking.
On Wikimedia wikis, there are two kinds of importers:
- transwiki importers can perform only transwiki import (
importpermission);[1] - importers can perform both transwiki and upload import (
importandimportuploadpermissions).
Import is a rarely needed feature; for instance, it's not needed for CC-BY-SA copyright compliance, see Terms of use#7. Licensing of Content (c. Importing text).
These flags are enabled on all wikis,[2] but can be assigned only by stewards after a request on Steward requests/Permissions (especially the import flag which includes the importupload right which is particularly dangerous) and only on a temporary basis for a specific task, unless the project has a local process and policy to assign permanent import rights. Very few projects need and have such a policy including
- de.wiki,
- en.books,
- fr.wikt,
- incubator,
- it.wikt,
- MediaWikiWiki (mw:Project:Importers, mw:Project:Transwiki importers).
Wikis where bureaucrats can assign import rights [edit]
On some wikis local bureaucrats (or sysops) can assign and remove import rights. Their list is in the Table below.
| Transwiki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Wiki | Bug | Fixed on | Notes |
| 1 | simplewiki | bug 23988 | 16.06.2010 | See also bug 23462 |
| 2 | enwikibooks | bug 24304 | 15.08.2010 | Assigned and removed by local sysops |
| 3 | nowiki | bug 21041 | 17.12.2009 | Assigned by local sysops and removed by bureaucrats |
| Transwiki and importer | ||||
| 4 | frwiktionary | bug 23545 | 23.05.2010 | |
| 5 | MediaWikiwiki | bug 17071 | 16.03.2009 | |
| Importer | ||||
| 6 | arwiki | bug 19138 | 29.06.2009 | |
| 7 | incubatorwiki | ? | 06.04.2011 | Assigned and removed by bureaucrats. |
Notes [edit]
- ↑ Besides transwiki importers, the 'import' userright is assigned by default to sysops on all Mediawiki projects and to the 'botadmin' and 'editinterface' groups in some projects.
- ↑ Although transwiki import may require requesting wiki configuration changes to enable import from the wiki you're interested in (import source).
| User groups | |
|---|---|
| Local: | blocked user – unregistered user – newly-registered user – registered user – bot – administrator – bureaucrat – oversight – checkuser – IP block exempt – importer – centralnotice admin |
| Global: | locked account – unified account – bot – rollbacker – abuse filter editor – interface editor – IP block exemption – new wiki importers – sysop – ombudsman – founder – staff – system administrator – steward |
