I would like to be able to queue an import request for a specific range of dates.
Reason: I just hit the "crosspost and importer don't talk to each other" issue, and had to delete duplicate posts from my first two months on DW (thanks, Dom!). I have been using DW as my posting source because it allows me to crosspost automatically to LJ, but most of my comment activity is on LJ. My primary interest in DW right now is as a mirror for my LJ site, which means that I want to be able to import comments from crossposted entries on a regular basis -- but I don't want to have to go all the way back to my start date and delete duplicate entries every time! However, I'm not such a prolific poster that deleting a month's worth of duplicates would be an onerous task.
Advantages: This would also reduce demand levels on the import queue, if that's an issue.
Import selectively by date range
Reason: I just hit the "crosspost and importer don't talk to each other" issue, and had to delete duplicate posts from my first two months on DW (thanks, Dom!). I have been using DW as my posting source because it allows me to crosspost automatically to LJ, but most of my comment activity is on LJ. My primary interest in DW right now is as a mirror for my LJ site, which means that I want to be able to import comments from crossposted entries on a regular basis -- but I don't want to have to go all the way back to my start date and delete duplicate entries every time! However, I'm not such a prolific poster that deleting a month's worth of duplicates would be an onerous task.
Advantages: This would also reduce demand levels on the import queue, if that's an issue.