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Bug 28410 - Address of redirected page not as expected
Address of redirected page not as expected
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18883
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Redirects (Other open bugs)
unspecified
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2011-04-04 03:27 UTC by hpvpp
Modified: 2012-04-16 09:15 UTC (History)
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Description hpvpp 2011-04-04 03:27:41 UTC 
A redirect results in the display of the correct page, but the displayed url is of the redirect.
For example, [[W. V. Quine]] redirects to [[Willard Van Orman Quine]], but my browser (Firefox) displays in the address bar: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._V._Quine".  This is confusing.  If I then want to email that article, I do "<Alt>File>Send link" and get the address of the redirect page instead the address of the page I see displayed.  Can the software be changed so that the browser displays the correct address?
Comment 1 Bawolff (Brian Wolff) 2011-04-04 03:31:36 UTC 
This has been considered before, and its been decided against. See bug 18883

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18883 ***
Comment 2 hpvpp 2011-04-04 03:43:58 UTC 
Ah, but computers are supposed to make life easier for people and what there is now is confusing.  For example, if I want to email a redirected article, I do "<Alt>File>Send link" and get the address of the redirect page instead the address of the page I see displayed. I suggest that user-concerns should weigh more heavily than programmer-concerns.
Comment 3 Bawolff (Brian Wolff) 2011-04-04 03:45:59 UTC 
btw, once the bug is marked a duplicate, you only have to comment on bug 18883. There is no need to comment on both :)
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