New to RB, need help iwth information transferring

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Message merc7186 beers 3160 º places 208 º 07:21 Mon 9/30/2013 Greetings Fellow Beer Nerds... I have recently signed up for RB because I am getting sick of the bullshit on another site that I currently use for the moment. Does anyone have an easy way of transferring information from Unmentioned Site to RB? I have roughly 1350 reviews that I would like to move with having to copy and paste all of them...any information at all would be extremely helpful.
Message Whatup14 P beers 3399 º places 302 º 07:30 Mon 9/30/2013 Maybe someone else can correct me, but the copy and paste way will be the only one... But welcome to Ratebeer!
Message Christos beers 6111 º places 110 º 07:31 Mon 9/30/2013 Unfortunately only option is copy and paste, we are also using different grades here so you’ll have to adjust yur ratings to that too. It will take a while tranferring your reviews here but it worths it. Cheers and welcome!
Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40412 º places 1239 º 07:46 Mon 9/30/2013 Does the other site by any chance sound a bit like ’Here Gbadvocate’ ? Just saying as you called them reviews and not rates

Message t0rin0 P beers 102 º places 1528 º 08:05 Mon 9/30/2013 As mentioned, it’s not as easy as clicking a button and having all of them copied over. The database is a bit different here (and way better). For example most of the time dry hopped variations of a beer are not considered new entries. So Stone IPA with Cascade dry hops is the same as with Chinook or anything else (dry hops, but spices and other stuff still counts). Vintages also don’t count for the most part (Papier-Bois, Old Guardian, etc). Here is a recent thread that shows some of the rules http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/new-need-advice-on-adding-beers_238220.htm If you just copy and paste a couple a day you’ll be caught up in a month or two. It’ll also be the only month where you’ll rate as many beers as the Danes, And welcome. You’ll like it here.
Message StefanSD beers 2449 º places 57 º 08:17 Mon 9/30/2013 If the other site has a way to compile and export ratings into a csv spreadsheet, or DB file, there is a possibility they could be batch up-loaded here. You’ll need to PM Joet for specifics. Personally I think that it would be much more fun to re-drink and re-rate 1350 beers and only copy and past the ratings of beers you’re not likely to drink again.
Message GT P beers 10001 º places 672 º 11:18 Mon 9/30/2013 BA gives major bonus points to beers for appearance and palate, which don’t exist here. So you will need to come up with your system on how to translate scores. You’ll also find that many beers that BA breaks down into yearly vintages we do not, and some they combine we break out. Last, you can rate ciders/sakes/meads here that are unavailable there. tl;dr you’ll have to custom import them and people have had to transfer more than 1350 in the past. It is extremely annoying
Message Travlr beers 33863 º places 4576 º 11:28 Mon 9/30/2013 You could pay a snotty-nosed teenage computer nerd from your neighborhood to do the cutting and pasting for you, keeping him/her off the streets, out of trouble, away from drugs, off the police blotter, and primed for a career on RateBeer when s/he comes of age.

Message Theydon_Bois P admin beers 40412 º places 1239 º 11:34 Mon 9/30/2013 Originally posted by Travlr You could pay a snotty-nosed teenage computer nerd from your neighborhood to do the cutting and pasting for you, keeping him/her off the streets, out of trouble, away from drugs, off the police blotter, and primed for a career on RateBeer when s/he comes of age. Is that a service you have employed in the past ?
Message Travlr beers 33863 º places 4576 º 11:51 Mon 9/30/2013 Originally posted by Theydon_Bois Originally posted by Travlr You could pay a snotty-nosed teenage computer nerd from your neighborhood to do the cutting and pasting for you, keeping him/her off the streets, out of trouble, away from drugs, off the police blotter, and primed for a career on RateBeer when s/he comes of age. Is that a service you have employed in the past ? Absolutely. And if you use non-US teenagers, they can drink legally at age 16, so they can set up their own RB accounts.
Message UDBeernut beers 2883 º places 348 º 16:08 Wed 10/2/2013 http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/ratebeer-idea-import-ratings-from-beer-advocate_210448.htm