# Easier forum migration to Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [Avril 6, 2016, 7:13 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143 "2016-04-06T19:13:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)\
**Post date:** [Avril 7, 2016, 5:50 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/easier-forum-migration-to-discourse/42143/4 "2016-04-07T17:50:52Z")

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> [@mcwumbly](#):
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> Current import scripts could be refactored to become focused on exporting data from different forums, and then converting that data to the common import format.

That’s just shifting the problem and adding extra complexity in adding the ‘common file format’.  
You still have to extract data, and the ‘common file format’ has to be continuously updated in order to support all those special cases.

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