Maintenance scripts

• createAndPromote.php:
  creates a new user or modifies an existing user. For the corresponding user, the script can then grant additional rights (e.g. sysop, bureaucrat or bot rights) and change the user's password. ----
• dumpBackup.php:
  creates an XML dump which contains the content of the wiki (wiki pages with all their revisions), without the site-related data. ----
• importDump.php:
  imports XML dump files produced from Special:Export or dumpBackup.php and saves them into the current wiki. ----
• importImages.php:
  uploads images to MediaWiki from the same computer where the wiki is configured. It does a remote upload if configuration parameter $wgForeignFileRepos is configured correctly. ----
• executeTransfer:
  transfer files from one wiki to another. Dependent on the extension ContentTransfer ----

• contentStabilization  v4.3+:
  changes the page status of pages.

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