Last modified: 2013-10-16 14:18:01 UTC
It would be nice if, when the user searches for (with Go button) an [[article]] or a {{template}}, the interface handled them specially. To wit: [[Article]] -> as if the user had requested Article {{Template1}} -> as if the user had requested Template:Template1 Just a little convenience. I'm talking about the Go box in the Monobook skin.
I'd add this query to the URL behaviour: /wiki/[[article]] and /wiki/{{Template1}} They'd redirect instead of going to [[Bad title]] (they're forbidden characters in article names: [[w:Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_%28technical_restrictions%29#Characters_not_allowed_at_all_in_page_titles]])
No, the request is quite clear. When the user shoves "{{foo}}" in the search box and hits Go, the thing should be transformed to Template:Foo and looked for.
Yes, *he* asks for it on the Go search. *I* ask such behaviour for URLs too.
You will not receive your request. He may.
:)
So it's been seven years. Nothing happened. Do we still want it? Because I'm inclined to close it as WONTFIX. (Also changing component.)
WONTFIXing per above.
