diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/README.md b/plugins/import_feed/README.md
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-This plugin will do a quick and dirty import of any RSS or Atom feed into Nikola
-
-To use it:
-
-```
-$ nikola plugin -i import_feed
-$ nikola import_feed --url=feed_url
-```
-
diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/conf.py.sample b/plugins/import_feed/conf.py.sample
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-PAGES = (
-    ("stories/*.html", "stories", "story.tmpl"),
-)
-
diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/import_feed.plugin b/plugins/import_feed/import_feed.plugin
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-[Core]
-Name = import_feed
-Module = import_feed
-
-[Documentation]
-Author = Grzegorz Śliwiński
-Version = 0.2
-Website = http://www.fizyk.net.pl/
-Description = Import a blog posts from a RSS/Atom feed
-
diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/import_feed.py b/plugins/import_feed/import_feed.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright © 2012-2014 Roberto Alsina and others.
-
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any
-# person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
-# documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the
-# Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
-# Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice
-# shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
-# the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
-# KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
-# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
-# OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
-# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-# OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
-# SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function
-import datetime
-import os
-import time
-
-try:
-    from urlparse import urlparse
-except ImportError:
-    from urllib.parse import urlparse  # NOQA
-
-try:
-    import feedparser
-except ImportError:
-    feedparser = None  # NOQA
-
-from nikola.plugin_categories import Command
-from nikola import utils
-from nikola.utils import req_missing
-from nikola.plugins.basic_import import ImportMixin
-from nikola.plugins.command.init import SAMPLE_CONF, prepare_config
-
-LOGGER = utils.get_logger('import_feed', utils.STDERR_HANDLER)
-
-
-class CommandImportFeed(Command, ImportMixin):
-    """Import a feed dump."""
-
-    name = "import_feed"
-    needs_config = False
-    doc_usage = "[options] --url=feed_url"
-    doc_purpose = "import a RSS/Atom feed"
-    cmd_options = [
-        {
-            'name': 'output_folder',
-            'long': 'output-folder',
-            'short': 'o',
-            'default': 'new_site',
-            'help': 'Location to write imported content.'
-        },
-        {
-            'name': 'url',
-            'long': 'url',
-            'short': 'u',
-            'default': None,
-            'help': 'URL or filename of the feed to be imported.'
-        },
-    ]
-
-    def _execute(self, options, args):
-        '''
-            Import Atom/RSS feed
-        '''
-        if feedparser is None:
-            req_missing(['feedparser'], 'import feeds')
-            return
-
-        if not options['url']:
-            print(self.help())
-            return
-
-        self.feed_url = options['url']
-        self.output_folder = options['output_folder']
-        self.import_into_existing_site = False
-        self.url_map = {}
-        channel = self.get_channel_from_file(self.feed_url)
-        self.context = self.populate_context(channel)
-        conf_template = self.generate_base_site()
-        self.context['REDIRECTIONS'] = self.configure_redirections(
-            self.url_map)
-
-        self.import_posts(channel)
-
-        self.write_configuration(self.get_configuration_output_path(
-        ), conf_template.render(**prepare_config(self.context)))
-
-    @classmethod
-    def get_channel_from_file(cls, filename):
-        return feedparser.parse(filename)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def populate_context(channel):
-        context = SAMPLE_CONF.copy()
-        context['DEFAULT_LANG'] = channel.feed.title_detail.language \
-            if channel.feed.title_detail.language else 'en'
-        context['BLOG_TITLE'] = channel.feed.title
-
-        context['BLOG_DESCRIPTION'] = channel.feed.get('subtitle', '')
-        context['SITE_URL'] = channel.feed.get('link', '').rstrip('/')
-        context['BLOG_EMAIL'] = channel.feed.author_detail.get('email', '') if 'author_detail' in channel.feed else ''
-        context['BLOG_AUTHOR'] = channel.feed.author_detail.get('name', '') if 'author_detail' in channel.feed else ''
-
-        context['POSTS'] = '''(
-            ("posts/*.html", "posts", "post.tmpl"),
-        )'''
-        context['PAGES'] = '''(
-            ("stories/*.html", "stories", "story.tmpl"),
-        )'''
-        context['COMPILERS'] = '''{
-        "rest": ('.txt', '.rst'),
-        "markdown": ('.md', '.mdown', '.markdown', '.wp'),
-        "html": ('.html', '.htm')
-        }
-        '''
-
-        return context
-
-    def import_posts(self, channel):
-        for item in channel.entries:
-            self.process_item(item)
-
-    def process_item(self, item):
-        self.import_item(item, 'posts')
-
-    def import_item(self, item, out_folder=None):
-        """Takes an item from the feed and creates a post file."""
-        if out_folder is None:
-            out_folder = 'posts'
-
-        # link is something like http://foo.com/2012/09/01/hello-world/
-        # So, take the path, utils.slugify it, and that's our slug
-        link = item.link
-        link_path = urlparse(link).path
-
-        title = item.title
-
-        # blogger supports empty titles, which Nikola doesn't
-        if not title:
-            LOGGER.warn("Empty title in post with URL {0}. Using NO_TITLE "
-                        "as placeholder, please fix.".format(link))
-            title = "NO_TITLE"
-
-        if link_path.lower().endswith('.html'):
-            link_path = link_path[:-5]
-
-        slug = utils.slugify(link_path)
-
-        if not slug:  # should never happen
-            LOGGER.error("Error converting post:", title)
-            return
-
-        description = ''
-        post_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(
-            item.published_parsed))
-        if item.get('content'):
-            for candidate in item.get('content', []):
-                content = candidate.value
-                break
-                #  FIXME: handle attachments
-        elif item.get('summary'):
-            content = item.get('summary')
-        else:
-            content = ''
-            LOGGER.warn('Entry without content! {}', item)
-
-        tags = []
-        for tag in item.get('tags', []):
-            tags.append(tag.term)
-
-        if item.get('app_draft'):
-            tags.append('draft')
-            is_draft = True
-        else:
-            is_draft = False
-
-        self.url_map[link] = self.context['SITE_URL'] + '/' + \
-            out_folder + '/' + slug + '.html'
-
-        if is_draft and self.exclude_drafts:
-            LOGGER.notice('Draft "{0}" will not be imported.'.format(title))
-        elif content.strip():
-            # If no content is found, no files are written.
-            content = self.transform_content(content)
-
-            self.write_metadata(os.path.join(self.output_folder, out_folder,
-                                             slug + '.meta'),
-                                title, slug, post_date, description, tags)
-            self.write_content(
-                os.path.join(self.output_folder, out_folder, slug + '.html'),
-                content)
-        else:
-            LOGGER.warn('Not going to import "{0}" because it seems to contain'
-                        ' no content.'.format(title))
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def write_metadata(filename, title, slug, post_date, description, tags):
-        ImportMixin.write_metadata(filename,
-                                   title,
-                                   slug,
-                                   post_date.strftime(r'%Y/%m/%d %H:%m:%S'),
-                                   description,
-                                   tags)
diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/requirements.txt b/plugins/import_feed/requirements.txt
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-feedparser
diff --git a/plugins/import_feed/requiremets.txt b/plugins/import_feed/requiremets.txt
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-feedparser
diff --git a/plugins/upgrade_metadata/upgrade_metadata.plugin b/plugins/upgrade_metadata/upgrade_metadata.plugin
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-[Core]
-Name = upgrade_metadata
-Module = upgrade_metadata
-
-[Nikola]
-MinVersion = 7.4.0
-
-[Documentation]
-Author = Chris Warrick
-Version = 0.1.3
-Website = http://plugins.getnikola.com/#upgrade_metadata
-Description = Upgrade old-style metadata
diff --git a/plugins/upgrade_metadata/upgrade_metadata.py b/plugins/upgrade_metadata/upgrade_metadata.py
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-
-# Copyright © 2014–2015, Chris Warrick.
-
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any
-# person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
-# documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the
-# Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-# distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the
-# Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice
-# shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of
-# the Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
-# KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
-# WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-# PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
-# OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
-# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
-# OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
-# SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-import io
-import os
-import nikola.post
-from nikola.plugin_categories import Command
-from nikola import utils
-
-
-class UpgradeMetadata(Command):
-    """Upgrade metadata from the old no-descriptions format to the new reST-esque format."""
-
-    name = 'upgrade_metadata'
-    doc_purpose = 'upgrade old-style metadata'
-    cmd_options = [
-        {
-            'name': 'yes',
-            'short': 'y',
-            'long': 'yes',
-            'type': bool,
-            'default': False,
-            'help': 'Proceed without confirmation',
-        },
-    ]
-    fields = ('title', 'slug', 'date', 'tags', 'link', 'description', 'type')
-
-    def _execute(self, options, args):
-        L = utils.get_logger('upgrade_metadata', self.site.loghandlers)
-        nikola.post._UPGRADE_METADATA_ADVERTISED = True
-
-        # scan posts
-        self.site.scan_posts()
-        flagged = []
-        for post in self.site.timeline:
-            if not post.newstylemeta:
-                flagged.append(post)
-        if flagged:
-            if len(flagged) == 1:
-                L.info('1 post (and/or its translations) contains old-style metadata:')
-            else:
-                L.info('{0} posts (and/or their translations) contain old-style metadata:'.format(len(flagged)))
-            for post in flagged:
-                L.info('    ' + post.metadata_path)
-            if not options['yes']:
-                yesno = utils.ask_yesno("Proceed with metadata upgrade?")
-            if options['yes'] or yesno:
-                for post in flagged:
-                    for lang in self.site.config['TRANSLATIONS'].keys():
-                        if lang == post.default_lang:
-                            fname = post.metadata_path
-                        else:
-                            meta_path = os.path.splitext(post.source_path)[0] + '.meta'
-                            fname = utils.get_translation_candidate(post.config, meta_path, lang)
-
-                        if os.path.exists(fname):
-                            with io.open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-                                meta = fh.readlines()
-
-                            if not meta[min(1, len(meta) - 1)].startswith('.. '):
-                                # check if we’re dealing with old style metadata
-                                with io.open(fname, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
-                                    for k, v in zip(self.fields, meta):
-                                        fh.write('.. {0}: {1}'.format(k, v))
-                                L.debug(fname)
-
-                L.info('{0} posts upgraded.'.format(len(flagged)))
-            else:
-                L.info('Metadata not upgraded.')
-        else:
-            L.info('No old-style metadata posts found.  No action is required.')