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diff --git a/forum/importers/stackexchange/management/commands/__init__.py b/forum/importers/stackexchange/management/commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/forum/importers/stackexchange/management/commands/load_stackexchange.py b/forum/importers/stackexchange/management/commands/load_stackexchange.py
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+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.template.defaultfilters import slugify #todo: adopt unicode-aware slugify
+#todo: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/837828/how-to-use-a-slug-in-django 
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+import forum.importers.stackexchange.parse_models as se_parser
+from xml.etree import ElementTree as et
+from django.db import models
+import forum.models as askbot
+import forum.importers.stackexchange.models as se
+from forum.forms import EditUserEmailFeedsForm
+from forum.utils.html import sanitize_html
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.contrib.auth.models import Message as DjangoMessage
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+#from markdown2 import Markdown
+#markdowner = Markdown(html4tags=True)
+
+xml_read_order = (
+        'VoteTypes','UserTypes','Users','Users2Votes',
+        'Badges','Users2Badges','CloseReasons','FlatPages',
+        'MessageTypes','PostHistoryTypes','PostTypes','SchemaVersion',
+        'Settings','SystemMessages','ThemeResources','ThemeTextResources',
+        'ThrottleBucket','UserHistoryTypes','UserHistory',
+        'Users2Badges','VoteTypes','Users2Votes','MessageTypes',
+        'Posts','Posts2Votes','PostHistory','PostComments',
+        'ModeratorMessages','Messages','Comments2Votes',
+        )
+
+#association tables SE item id --> ASKBOT item id
+#table associations are implied
+#todo: there is an issue that these may be inconsistent with the database
+USER = {}#SE User.id --> django(ASKBOT) User.id
+QUESTION = {}
+ANSWER = {}
+NAMESAKE_COUNT = {}# number of times user name was used - for X.get_screen_name
+
+class X(object):#
+    """class with methods for handling some details
+    of SE --> ASKBOT mapping
+    """
+    badge_type_map = {'1':'gold','2':'silver','3':'bronze'}
+
+    askbot_supported_id_providers = (
+            'google','yahoo','aol','myopenid',
+            'flickr','technorati',
+            'wordpress','blogger','livejournal',
+            'claimid','vidoop','verisign',
+            'openidurl','facebook','local',
+            'twitter' #oauth is not on this list, b/c it has no own url
+            )
+
+    #map SE VoteType -> askbot.User vote method
+    #created methods with the same call structure in askbot.User
+    #User.<vote_method>(post, timestamp=None, cancel=False)
+    vote_actions = {
+        'UpMod':'upvote',
+        'DownMod':'downvote',
+        'AcceptedByOriginator':'accept_answer',
+        'Offensive':'flag_post',
+        'Favorite':'toggle_favorite_question',
+    }
+
+    #these modes cannot be mixed
+    #only wiki is assumed to be mixable
+    exclusive_revision_modes = (
+        'initial','edit','rollback','lock',
+        'migrate','close','merge','delete',
+    )
+
+    #badges whose names don't match exactly, but
+    #present in both SE and ASKBOT
+    badge_exceptions = {# SE --> ASKBOT
+        'Citizen Patrol':'Citizen patrol',#single #todo: why sentence case?
+        'Strunk &amp; White':'Strunk & White',#single
+        'Civic Duty':'Civic duty',
+    }
+
+    revision_type_map = {
+        'Initial Title':'initial',
+        'Initial Body':'initial',
+        'Initial Tags':'initial',
+        'Edit Title':'edit',
+        'Edit Body':'edit',
+        'Edit Tags':'edit',
+        'Rollback Title':'rollback',
+        'Rollback Body':'rollback',
+        'Rollback Tags':'rollback',
+        'Post Closed':'close',
+        'Post Reopened':'close',
+        'Post Deleted':'delete',
+        'Post Undeleted':'delete',
+        'Post Locked':'lock',
+        'Post Unlocked':'lock',
+        'Community Owned':'wiki',
+        'Post Migrated':'migrate',
+        'Question Merged':'merge',
+    }
+
+    close_reason_map = {
+        1:1,#duplicate
+        2:2,#off-topic
+        3:3,#subjective and argumentative
+        4:4,#not a real question
+        5:7,#offensive
+        6:6,#irrelevant or outdated question
+        7:9,#too localized
+        10:8,#spam
+    }
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_message_text(cls, se_m):
+        """try to intelligently translate
+        SE message to ASKBOT so that it makese sense in 
+        our context
+        """
+        #todo: properly translate messages
+        #todo: maybe work through more instances of messages
+        if se_m.message_type.name == 'Badge Notification':
+            return se_m.text
+        else:
+            if 'you are now an administrator' in se_m.text:
+                return _('Congratulations, you are now an Administrator')
+            elif re.search(r'^You have \d+ new',se_m.text):
+                bits = se_m.text.split('.')
+                text = bits[0]
+                if se_m.user.id == -1:
+                    return None
+                url = cls.get_user(se_m.user).get_profile_url()
+                return '<a href="%s?sort=responses">%s</a>' % (url,text)
+        return None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_post(cls, se_post):
+        #todo: fix this hack - either in-memory id association table
+        #or use database to store these associations
+        post_type = se_post.post_type.name
+        if post_type == 'Question':
+            return askbot.Question.objects.get(id=QUESTION[se_post.id].id)
+        elif post_type == 'Answer':
+            return askbot.Answer.objects.get(id=ANSWER[se_post.id].id)
+        else:
+            raise Exception('unknown post type %s' % post_type)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_close_reason(cls, se_reason):
+        #todo: this is a guess - have not seen real data
+        se_reason = int(se_reason)
+        return cls.close_reason_map[se_reason]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_user(cls, se_user):
+        #todo: same as get_post
+        return askbot.User.objects.get(id=USER[se_user.id].id)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_post_revision_group_types(cls, rev_group):
+        rev_types = {} 
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            rev_type = cls.get_post_revision_type(rev)
+            rev_types[rev_type] = 1
+        rev_types = rev_types.keys()
+
+        #make sure that exclusive rev modes are not mixed
+        exclusive = cls.exclusive_revision_modes
+        if len(rev_types) > 1 and all([t in exclusive for t in rev_types]):
+            tstr = ','.join(rev_types)
+            gstr = ','.join([str(rev.id) for rev in rev_group])
+            msg = 'incompatible revision types %s in PostHistory %s' % (tstr,gstr)
+            raise Exception(msg)
+        return rev_types
+
+    @classmethod
+    def clean_tags(cls, tags):
+        tags = re.subn(r'\s+',' ',tags.strip())[0]
+        bits = tags.split(' ')
+        tags = ' '.join([bit[1:-1] for bit in bits])
+        tags = re.subn(r'\xf6','-',tags)[0]
+        return tags
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_screen_name(cls, name):
+        """always returns unique screen name
+        even if there are multiple users in SE 
+        with the same exact screen name
+        """
+        if name is None:
+            name = 'anonymous'
+        name = name.strip()
+        name = re.subn(r'\s+',' ',name)[0]#remove repeating spaces
+        
+        try:
+            u = askbot.User.objects.get(username = name)
+            try:
+                if u.location:
+                    name += ', %s' % u.location
+                if name in NAMESAKE_COUNT:
+                    NAMESAKE_COUNT[name] += 1
+                    name += ' %d' % NAMESAKE_COUNT[name]
+                else:
+                    NAMESAKE_COUNT[name] = 1
+            except askbot.User.DoesNotExist:
+                pass
+        except askbot.User.DoesNotExist:
+            NAMESAKE_COUNT[name] = 1
+        return name
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_email(cls, email):#todo: fix fringe case - user did not give email!
+        if email is None:
+            return settings.ANONYMOUS_USER_EMAIL
+        else:
+            assert(email != '')
+            return email
+
+    @classmethod
+    def get_post_revision_type(cls, rev):
+        rev_name = rev.post_history_type.name
+        rev_type = cls.revision_type_map.get(rev_name, None)
+        if rev_type is None:
+            raise Exception('dont understand revision type %s' % rev)
+        return rev_type
+
+    #crude method of getting id provider name from the url
+    @classmethod
+    def get_openid_provider_name(cls, openid_url):
+        openid_str = str(openid_url)
+        bits = openid_str.split('/')
+        base_url = bits[2] #assume this is base url
+        url_bits = base_url.split('.')
+        provider_name = url_bits[-2].lower()
+        if provider_name not in cls.askbot_supported_id_providers:
+            raise Exception('could not determine login provider for %s' % openid_url)
+        return provider_name
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def blankable(input):
+        if input is None:
+            return ''
+        else:
+            return input
+
+    @classmethod
+    def parse_badge_summary(cls, badge_summary):
+        (gold,silver,bronze) = (0,0,0)
+        if badge_summary: 
+            if len(badge_summary) > 3:
+                print 'warning: guessing that badge summary is comma separated'
+                print 'have %s' % badge_summary
+                bits = badge_summary.split(',')
+            else:
+                bits = [badge_summary]
+            for bit in bits:
+                m = re.search(r'^(?P<type>[1-3])=(?P<count>\d+)$', bit)
+                if not m:
+                    raise Exception('could not parse badge summary: %s' % badge_summary)
+                else:
+                    badge_type = cls.badge_type_map[m.groupdict()['type']]
+                    locals()[badge_type] = int(m.groupdict()['count'])
+        return (gold,silver,bronze)
+        
+    @classmethod
+    def get_badge_name(cls, name):
+        return cls.badge_exceptions.get(name, name)
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Loads StackExchange data from unzipped directory of XML files into the ASKBOT database'
+    args = 'se_dump_dir'
+
+    def handle(self, *arg, **kwarg):
+        if len(arg) < 1 or not os.path.isdir(arg[0]):
+            print 'Error: first argument must be a directory with all the SE *.xml files'
+            sys.exit(1)
+
+        self.dump_path = arg[0]
+        #read the data into SE tables
+        for xml in xml_read_order:
+            xml_path = self.get_xml_path(xml)
+            table_name = self.get_table_name(xml)
+            self.load_xml_file(xml_path, table_name)
+
+        #this is important so that when we clean up messages
+        #automatically generated by the procedures below
+        #we do not delete old messages
+        #todo: unfortunately this may need to be redone
+        #when we upgrade to django 1.2 and definitely by 1.4 when
+        #the current message system will be replaced with the
+        #django messages framework
+        self.save_askbot_message_id_list()
+
+        #transfer data into ASKBOT tables
+        print 'Transferring users...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_users()
+        print 'done.'
+        print 'Transferring content edits...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_question_and_answer_activity()
+        print 'done.'
+        print 'Transferring view counts...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_question_view_counts()
+        print 'done.'
+        print 'Transferring comments...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_comments()
+        print 'done.'
+        print 'Transferring badges and badge awards...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_badges()
+        print 'done.'
+        print 'Transferring votes...',
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.transfer_votes()#includes favorites, accepts and flags
+        print 'done.'
+
+        self.cleanup_messages()#delete autogenerated messages
+        self.transfer_messages()
+
+        #todo: these are not clear how to go about
+        self.transfer_update_subscriptions()
+        self.transfer_tag_preferences()
+        self.transfer_meta_pages()
+
+    def save_askbot_message_id_list(self):
+        id_list = list(DjangoMessage.objects.all().values('id'))
+        self._askbot_message_id_list = id_list
+
+    def cleanup_messages(self):
+        """deletes messages generated by the load process
+        """
+        id_list = self._askbot_message_id_list
+        mset = DjangoMessage.objects.all().exclude(id__in=id_list)
+        mset.delete()
+
+    def transfer_messages(self):
+        """transfers some messages from
+        SE to ASKBOT
+        """
+        for m in se.Message.objects.all():
+            if m.is_read:
+                continue
+            if m.user.id == -1:
+                continue
+            u = X.get_user(m.user)
+            text = X.get_message_text(m)
+            if text:
+                u.message_set.create(
+                    message=text,
+                )
+
+    def _process_post_initial_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+
+        title = None
+        text = None
+        tags = None
+        wiki = False
+        author = USER[rev_group[0].user.id]
+        added_at = rev_group[0].creation_date
+
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            rev_type = rev.post_history_type.name
+            if rev_type == 'Initial Title':
+                title = rev.text
+            elif rev_type == 'Initial Body':
+                text = rev.text
+            elif rev_type == 'Initial Tags':
+                tags = X.clean_tags(rev.text)
+            elif rev_type == 'Community Owned':
+                wiki = True
+            else:
+                raise Exception('unexpected revision type %s' % rev_type)
+
+        post_type = rev_group[0].post.post_type.name
+        if post_type == 'Question':
+            q = askbot.Question.objects.create_new(
+                title            = title,
+                author           = author,
+                added_at         = added_at,
+                wiki             = wiki,
+                tagnames         = tags,
+                text = text
+            )
+            QUESTION[rev_group[0].post.id] = q
+        elif post_type == 'Answer':
+            q = X.get_post(rev_group[0].post.parent)
+            a = askbot.Answer.objects.create_new(
+                question = q,
+                author = author,
+                added_at = added_at,
+                wiki = wiki,
+                text = text,
+            )
+            ANSWER[rev_group[0].post.id] = a
+        else:
+            post_id = rev_group[0].post.id
+            raise Exception('unknown post type %s for id=%d' % (post_type, post_id))
+
+    def _process_post_edit_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #question apply edit
+        (title, text, tags) = (None, None, None)
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            rev_type = rev.post_history_type.name
+            if rev_type == 'Edit Title':
+                title = rev.text
+            elif rev_type == 'Edit Body':
+                text = rev.text
+            elif rev_type == 'Edit Tags':
+                tags = X.clean_tags(rev.text)
+            elif rev_type == 'Community Owned':
+                pass
+            else:
+                raise Exception('unexpected revision type %s' % rev_type)
+
+        rev0 = rev_group[0]
+        edited_by = USER[rev0.user.id]
+        edited_at = rev0.creation_date
+        comment = ';'.join([rev.comment for rev in rev_group if rev.comment])
+        post_type = rev0.post.post_type.name
+
+        if post_type == 'Question':
+            q = X.get_post(rev0.post)
+            q.apply_edit(
+                edited_at = edited_at,
+                edited_by = edited_by,
+                title = title,
+                text = text,
+                comment = comment,
+                tags = tags,
+            )
+        elif post_type == 'Answer':
+            a = X.get_post(rev0.post)
+            a.apply_edit(
+                edited_at = edited_at,
+                edited_by = edited_by,
+                text = text,
+                comment = comment,
+            )
+
+    def _make_post_wiki(self, rev_group):
+        #todo: untested
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            if rev.post_history_type.name == 'Community Owned':
+                p = X.get_post(rev.post)
+                u = X.get_user(rev.user)
+                t = rev.creation_date
+                p.wiki = True
+                p.wikified_at = t
+                p.wikified_by = u
+                self.mark_activity(p,u,t)
+                p.save()
+                return
+
+    def mark_activity(self,p,u,t):
+        """p,u,t - post, user, timestamp
+        """
+        if isinstance(p, askbot.Question):
+            p.last_activity_by = u
+            p.last_activity_at = t
+        elif isinstance(p, askbot.Answer):
+            p.question.last_activity_by = u
+            p.question.last_activity_at = t
+            p.question.save()
+
+    def _process_post_rollback_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #todo: don't know what to do here as there were no
+        #such data available
+        pass
+
+    def _process_post_lock_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #todo: untested
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            rev_type = rev.post_history_type.name
+            if rev_type.endswith('ocked'):
+                t = rev.creation_date
+                u = X.get_user(rev.user)
+                p = X.get_post(rev.post)
+                if rev_type == 'Post Locked':
+                    p.locked = True
+                    p.locked_by = u
+                    p.locked_at = t 
+                elif rev_type == 'Post Unlocked':
+                    p.locked = False
+                    p.locked_by = None
+                    p.locked_at = None
+                else:
+                    return
+                self.mark_activity(p,u,t)
+                p.save()
+                return
+
+    def _process_post_close_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #todo: untested
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            if rev.post.post_type.name != 'Question':
+                return
+            rev_type = rev.post_history_type.name
+            if rev_type in ('Post Closed', 'Post Reopened'):
+                t = rev.creation_date
+                u = X.get_user(rev.user)
+                p = X.get_post(rev.post)
+                if rev_type == 'Post Closed':
+                    p.closed = True
+                    p.closed_at = t
+                    p.closed_by = u
+                    p.close_reason = X.get_close_reason(rev.text)
+                elif rev_type == 'Post Reopened':
+                    p.closed = False 
+                    p.closed_at = None
+                    p.closed_by = None
+                    p.close_reason = None
+                self.mark_activity(p,u,t)
+                p.save()
+                return
+
+    def _process_post_delete_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #todo: untested
+        for rev in rev_group:
+            rev_type = rev.post_history_type.name
+            if rev_type.endswith('eleted'):
+                t = rev.creation_date
+                u = X.get_user(rev.user)
+                p = X.get_post(rev.post)
+                if rev_type == 'Post Deleted':
+                    p.deleted = True
+                    p.deleted_at = t
+                    p.deleted_by = u
+                elif rev_type == 'Post Undeleted':
+                    p.deleted = False
+                    p.deleted_at = None
+                    p.deleted_by = None
+                self.mark_activity(p,u,t)
+                p.save()
+                return
+
+    def _process_post_revision_group(self, rev_group):
+        #determine revision type
+        #'initial','edit','rollback','lock',
+        #'migrate','close','merge','delete',
+        rev_types = X.get_post_revision_group_types(rev_group) 
+        if 'initial' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_initial_revision_group(rev_group)
+        elif 'edit' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_edit_revision_group(rev_group)
+        elif 'rollback' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_rollback_revision_group(rev_group)
+        elif 'lock' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_lock_revision_group(rev_group)
+        elif 'close' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_close_revision_group(rev_group)
+        elif 'delete' in rev_types:
+            self._process_post_delete_revision_group(rev_group)
+        else:
+            pass
+            #todo: rollback, lock, close and delete are 
+            #not tested
+            #merge and migrate actions are ignored
+        #wiki is mixable with other groups, so process it in addition
+        if 'wiki' in rev_types:
+            self._make_post_wiki(rev_group)
+
+    def transfer_tag_preferences(self):
+        #todo: figure out where these are stored in SE
+        #maybe in se.User.preferences_raw?
+        pass
+
+    def transfer_question_and_answer_activity(self):
+        """transfers all question and answer
+        edits and related status changes
+        """
+        #assuming that there are only two post types
+        se_revs = se.PostHistory.objects.all()
+        #assuming that chronologial order is correct and there
+        #will be no problems of data integrity upon insertion of records
+        se_revs = se_revs.order_by('creation_date','revision_guid')
+        #todo: ignored fringe case - no revisions
+        c_guid = se_revs[0].revision_guid
+        c_group = []
+        #this loop groups revisions by revision id, then calls process function
+        #for the revision grup (elementary revisions posted at once)
+        for se_rev in se_revs:
+            if se_rev.revision_guid == c_guid:
+                c_group.append(se_rev)
+            else:
+                self._process_post_revision_group(c_group)
+                c_group = []
+                c_group.append(se_rev)
+                c_guid = se_rev.revision_guid
+        if len(c_group) != 0:
+            self._process_post_revision_group(c_group)
+
+    def transfer_comments(self):
+        for se_c in se.PostComment.objects.all():
+            if se_c.deletion_date:
+                print 'Warning deleted comment %d dropped' % se_c.id
+                continue
+            se_post = se_c.post
+            if se_post.post_type.name == 'Question':
+                askbot_post = QUESTION[se_post.id]
+            elif se_post.post_type.name == 'Answer':
+                askbot_post = ANSWER[se_post.id]
+
+            askbot_post.add_comment(
+                comment = se_c.text,
+                added_at = se_c.creation_date,
+                user = USER[se_c.user.id]
+            )
+
+    def _install_missing_badges(self):
+        self._missing_badges = {}
+        for se_b in se.Badge.objects.all():
+            name = X.get_badge_name(se_b.name)
+            try:
+                askbot.Badge.objects.get(name=name)
+            except:
+                self._missing_badges[name] = 0
+                if len(se_b.description) > 300:
+                    print 'Warning truncated description for badge %d' % se_b.id
+                askbot.Badge.objects.create(
+                    name = name,
+                    slug = slugify(name),
+                    description = se_b.description,
+                    multiple = (not se_b.single),
+                    type = se_b.class_type
+                )
+
+    def _award_badges(self):
+        #note: SE does not keep information on
+        #content-related badges like askbot does
+        for se_a in se.User2Badge.objects.all():
+            if se_a.user.id == -1:
+                continue #skip community user
+            u = USER[se_a.user.id]
+            badge_name = X.get_badge_name(se_a.badge.name)
+            b = askbot.Badge.objects.get(name=badge_name)
+            if b.multiple == False:
+                if b.award_badge.count() > 0:
+                    continue
+            #todo: fake content object here b/c SE does not support this
+            #todo: but askbot requires related content object
+            askbot.Award.objects.create(
+                user=u,
+                badge=b,
+                awarded_at=se_a.date,
+                content_object=u,
+            )
+            if b.name in self._missing_badges:
+                self._missing_badges[b.name] += 1
+
+    def _cleanup_badges(self):
+        d = self._missing_badges
+        unused = [name for name in d.keys() if d[name] == 0]
+        askbot.Badge.objects.filter(name__in=unused).delete()
+        installed = [name for name in d.keys() if d[name] > 0]
+        print 'Warning - following unsupported badges were installed:'
+        print ', '.join(installed)
+
+    def transfer_badges(self):
+        #note: badge level is neglected
+        #1) install missing badges
+        self._install_missing_badges()
+        #2) award badges
+        self._award_badges()
+        #3) delete unused newly installed badges
+        self._cleanup_badges()
+        pass
+
+    def transfer_question_view_counts(self):
+        for se_q in se.Post.objects.filter(post_type__name='Question'):
+            q = X.get_post(se_q)
+            q.view_count = se_q.view_count
+            q.save()
+
+
+    def transfer_votes(self):
+        for v in se.Post2Vote.objects.all():
+            vote_type = v.vote_type.name
+            if not vote_type in X.vote_actions:
+                continue
+
+            u = X.get_user(v.user)
+            p = X.get_post(v.post)
+            m = X.vote_actions[vote_type]
+            vote_method = getattr(askbot.User, m)
+            vote_method(u, p, timestamp = v.creation_date)
+            if v.deletion_date:
+                vote_method(u, p, timestamp = v.deletion_date, cancel=True)
+
+    def transfer_update_subscriptions(self):
+        #todo: not clear where this is stored in SE
+        #maybe in se.User.preferences_raw?
+        pass
+
+    def transfer_meta_pages(self):
+        #here we actually don't have anything in the database yet
+        #so we can't do this
+        pass
+
+    def load_xml_file(self, xml_path, table_name):
+        tree = et.parse(xml_path)
+        print 'loading from %s to %s' % (xml_path, table_name) ,
+        model = models.get_model('stackexchange', table_name)
+        i = 0
+        for row in tree.findall('.//row'):
+            model_entry = model()
+            i += 1
+            for col in row.getchildren():
+                field_name = se_parser.parse_field_name(col.tag)
+                field_type = model._meta.get_field(field_name)
+                field_value = se_parser.parse_value(col.text, field_type)
+                setattr(model_entry, field_name, field_value)
+            model_entry.save()
+        print '... %d objects saved' % i
+
+    def get_table_name(self,xml):
+        return se_parser.get_table_name(xml)
+
+    def get_xml_path(self, xml):
+        xml_path = os.path.join(self.dump_path, xml + '.xml') 
+        if not os.path.isfile(xml_path):
+            print 'Error: file %s not found' % xml_path
+            sys.exit(1)
+        return xml_path
+
+    def transfer_users(self):
+        for se_u in se.User.objects.all():
+            if se_u.id < 1:#skip the Community user
+                continue
+            u = askbot.User()
+            u_type = se_u.user_type.name
+            if u_type == 'Administrator':
+                u.is_superuser = True
+            elif u_type == 'Moderator':
+                u.is_staff = True
+            elif u_type not in ('Unregistered', 'Registered'):
+                raise Exception('unknown user type %s' % u_type)
+
+            #if user is not registered, no association record created
+            #we do not allow posting by users who are not authenticated
+            #probably they'll just have to "recover" their account by email
+            if u_type != 'Unregistered':
+                assert(se_u.open_id)#everybody must have open_id
+                u_auth = askbot.AuthKeyUserAssociation()
+                u_auth.key = se_u.open_id
+                u_auth.provider = X.get_openid_provider_name(se_u.open_id)
+                u_auth.added_at = se_u.creation_date
+
+            if se_u.open_id is None and se_u.email is None:
+                print 'Warning: SE user %d is not recoverable (no email or openid)'
+
+            u.reputation = 1#se_u.reputation, it's actually re-computed
+            u.last_seen = se_u.last_access_date
+            u.email = X.get_email(se_u.email)
+            u.location = X.blankable(se_u.location)
+            u.date_of_birth = se_u.birthday #dattime -> date
+            u.website = X.blankable(se_u.website_url)
+            u.about = X.blankable(se_u.about_me)
+            u.last_login = se_u.last_login_date
+            u.date_joined = se_u.creation_date
+            u.is_active = True #todo: this may not be the case
+
+            u.username = X.get_screen_name(se_u.display_name)
+            u.real_name = X.blankable(se_u.real_name)
+
+            (gold,silver,bronze) = X.parse_badge_summary(se_u.badge_summary)
+            u.gold = gold
+            u.silver = silver
+            u.bronze = bronze
+
+            #todo: we don't have these fields
+            #views - number of profile views?
+            #has_replies
+            #has_message
+            #opt_in_recruit
+            #last_login_ip
+            #open_id_alt - ??
+            #preferences_raw - not clear how to use
+            #display_name_cleaned - lowercased, srtipped name
+            #timed_penalty_date
+            #phone
+
+            #don't know how to handle these - there was no usage example
+            #password_id
+            #guid
+
+            #ignored
+            #last_email_date - this translates directly to EmailFeedSetting.reported_at
+
+            #save the data
+            u.save()
+            form = EditUserEmailFeedsForm()
+            form.reset()
+            if se_u.opt_in_email == True:#set up daily subscription on "own" items
+                form.initial['individually_selected'] = 'd'
+                form.initial['asked_by_me'] = 'd'
+                form.initial['answered_by_me'] = 'd'
+            #
+            form.save(user=u, save_unbound=True)
+
+            if 'u_auth' in locals():
+                u_auth.user = u
+                u_auth.save()
+            USER[se_u.id] = u