pull together info on converting to ikiwiki from other systems

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+Do you have an existing wiki or blog using other software, and would like
+to convert it to ikiwiki? Various tools and techniques have been developed
+to handle such conversions.
+
+* [[tips/convert_mediawiki_to_ikiwiki]]
+* [[tips/convert_MoinMoin_and_TWiki_to_ikiwiki]]
+* [[tips/convert_blogger_blogs_to_ikiwiki]]

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 >>> It appears the scripts were never posted?  I recently imported my Mediawiki site into Iki.  If it helps, my notes are here: <http://iki.u32.net/Mediawiki_Conversion> --[[sabr]]
 
+>>>>> The scripts have been posted now, see [[joshtriplett]]'s user page, 
+>>>>> and I've pulled together all ways I can find to [[convert]] other
+>>>>> systems into ikiwiki. --[[Joey]]
+
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 # LaTeX support?

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+[[!template id=plugin name=sar author="[[sabr]]"]]
+[[!tag type/format]]
+
+[The Mediawiki plugin](http://u32.net/Mediawiki_Plugin/) allows ikiwiki to
+process pages written using MediaWiki markup.

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+[[JoshTriplett]] has developed scripts to convert MoinMoin and TWiki wikis
+to ikiwikis backed by a git repository, including full history. For
+details, see [[his_user_page|JoshTriplett]].

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+[[sabr]] explains how to [import MediaWiki content into
+git](http://u32.net/Mediawiki_Conversion/index.html?updated), including
+full edit hostory. The [[plugins/contrib/mediawiki]] plugin can then be
+used by ikiwiki to build the wiki.