--- In sasxsek@yahoogroups.com, Florent Garet <florentgaret@...> wrote:
>
> <li_sasxsek@...> wrote:
> > Not quite that simple. With a little work, I could easily
> > import the DB tables into SQL, but Wikimedia will have no clue
> > what to do with them unless I make some custom scripts. That
> > will take some time, which is something I have very little of
> > these days thanks to a job that eats up 50+ hours per week, and
> > seldom gives me a chance to be home.
>
> I understand. I also installed my own mediawiki, and I saw that the
DB structure is rather complex.
>
> However, mediawiki has a lot of extensions. Maybe there is an import
tool that fits your needs? I will have a look and tell you if I find
something.

There are only a couple of things holding me up right now other than
time. Firstly I need to look into the security features. I want to
set it up so I'm the only one to edit articles, but I do want visitors
to be able to use the discussion portions, ultimately to replace this
group on Yahoo. The other is that I still need to explore the
multilingual capabilities of Mediwiki to make sure it will do all that
I want it to do. The main reason I whose MW was because I liked the
way Wikipedia and Wiktionary handle multiple languages.