Last modified: 2005-12-17 04:05:57 UTC
Hallo! Url's in languages using non Latin alphabets are very long. One way to make them shorter is to use generic namespaces instead of the localized ones. *feature request* Please add a variable which can be set in LocalSettings.php and which will instruct MediaWiki to use generic namespace names inside *all* urls. If the variable is not set it should default to "use localized namespaces". This It will neither influence url's from the main namespace nor url's from custom namespaces. *note* By adding "aliaces" (with Latin names) for custom namespaces it would be possible to generate url's with these. Mediawiki Foundation wiki's could benefit from "aliaces" using the same aliases for the different language variants for the custom namespaces "Portal:" and "Portal_talk". *benefits* - url's will be shortener to reference / to cite - the url's will be shortener in the status bar - users are able to identify to which namespace a title belongs It is a solution for bug 04272: Hyperlinks of "exotic" titles are awkward to type and understand for most pages in the - {{ns:MediaWiki}} and {{ns:MediaWiki}} namespaces - {{ns:Special}} namespace - for many titles using Latin characters in the {{ns:User}}, {{ns:User_talk}}, {{ns:Image}}, , {{ns:Image_talk}} - for "common" redirects used at the {{ns:Project}} and {{ns:Template}} namespaces "project:Administrators", "template:delete" etc. best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
I really can't see why you'd actually want to force a foreign language wiki to use language that their users don't understand when rendering a URL. Non-speakers can use the standard English forms without problems, and link to pages using these forms too.
This request is just about url's. It should *not* influence the content or rendering in any way. Please let it be a decision of these communities to choose what kind of url's they prefer; the ones with all the %nn or the ones with generic namespaces.
