Last modified: 2014-02-12 23:39:51 UTC
We want a short url to the sign up page to make it easier for users to signup and to make it simpler to share the signup page. Idea: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/signup -> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&type=signup&returnto=Help:Getting+Started
Background: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Labs/Account_creation_improvement_project#Simpler_signup_page_25116
See also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience It is coming soon to mediawiki.org. Wikitech could follow.
(In reply to comment #2) > See also http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Account_creation_user_experience > > It is coming soon to mediawiki.org. Wikitech could follow. Just to confirm: changing the URLs is not something we did in the version we're soft launching this week. It's good additional enhancement to consider though.
Well, we aren't changing the URL, just providing a shortlink that can redirect to it. It makes it easier to share.