Last modified: 2014-08-30 05:34:45 UTC
Currently, when someone types an invalid URL such as http://fr.wikipedia.org/Navire (omitting the "wiki/"), one gets a 404 error written in English. Maybe those error messages could be internationalised in the software ? Moreover, it points on the website download.wikimedia.org for some reason, but I can't see why this is appropriate (maybe some local help page would be better ?) Thanks.
*** Bug 9214 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
This message doesn't come from Mediawiki.
Adding a block on bug 17316 to remind us we'd want to be able to localize the new 404 error page.
The new error message should be editable on the wiki, with a message similar to this: <h1>Error</h1> <h2>404 – File not found</h2> <p style="font-style: italic;">{{SERVER}}/$1</p> <p>We could not find the above page on our servers.</p> {{#ifexist:$1| <p style="font-weight: bold;">To check for "$1" on {{SITENAME}}, see: [[$1]]</p> |<p style="font-weight: bold;">To search for "$1" on {{SITENAME}}, see: [[Special:Search/$1]]</p> }} <p>Alternatively, you can visit the [[{{MediaWiki:Mainpage}}]] or read [[HTTP 404|more information]] about this type of error.</p> <p style="font-size: smaller;">A project of the [[foundation:|Wikimedia Foundation]]</p> </div> Everything but the {{#ifexist: could be parsed by an extension and saved to just replace all $1 in the static text on but when it is added, I suspect that users will start trying to add parserfunctions there, and sending people to another inexistant page is a bit ugly.
*** Bug 15926 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
