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diff --git a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn index ce0c684e7..3f771ed9b 100644 --- a/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn +++ b/doc/tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki.mdwn @@ -83,10 +83,13 @@ well-crafted queries. ## Step 2: format conversion -The next step is to convert Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones. These -include +The next step is to convert Mediawiki conventions into Ikiwiki ones. - * convert Categories into tags +### categories + +Mediawiki uses a special page name prefix to define "Categories", which +otherwise behave like ikiwiki tags. You can convert every Mediawiki category +into an ikiwiki tag name using a script such as import sys, re pattern = r'\[\[Category:([^\]]+)\]\]' |