Last modified: 2014-07-16 08:07:47 UTC
We have a number of different types of links that the parser can generate, which are rendered with different classes: *[[foo|internal link]] --> <a> *[[meta:Foo|interwiki link]] --> <a class="extiw"> *[[:Fr:Foo|inline interlanguage]] --> <a class="extiw"> *[[google:Foo|external interwiki]] --> <a class="extiw"> *[http://www.google.com external] --> <a class="external text"> There is no distinction between 'local' interwikis or interlanguage links, and 'nonlocal' interwikis. It would be nice if this were the case. That is, it would be nice if, eg: *[[foo|internal link]] --> <a class="internal"> *[[meta:Foo|interwiki link]] --> <a class="internal extiw"> *[[:Fr:Foo|inline interlanguage]] --> <a class="internal extiw"> *[[google:Foo|external interwiki]] --> <a class="external extiw"> *[http://www.google.com external] --> <a class="external text"> Repurposing the then-somewhat-obscurely-named "extiw" class to indicate the interwiki origin of the link, rather than its nature as a 'local' or 'nonlocal' link. This could be tricky because, as far as I can tell (and as the quip from Tim at the top of the screen occasionaly indicates) the evil mess of code in Parser::replaceInternalLinks() doesn't really do anything, it's just cover for the imps that actually do the link processing :D
There's no need for an "internal" class; it was discarded years ago as a waste of space. Internalness is the default state of a link that's not specified as something else. If there is any need to mark "internal interwikis" distinctly, this would likely be with an additional class; there would be no particular relation between interwikis and in-wiki links.
I'd think that marking *external* interwikis would be the more logical approach. I see what you mean about "internal" being redundant. So I guess this is all we need: *[[foo|internal link]] --> <a> *[[meta:Foo|interwiki link]] --> <a class="extiw"> *[[:Fr:Foo|inline interlanguage]] --> <a class="extiw"> *[[google:Foo|external interwiki]] --> <a class="external extiw"> *[http://www.google.com external] --> <a class="external text">
Just to summarize, you want: * [[google:Foo|external interwiki]] --> <a class="extiw"> to become: * [[google:Foo|external interwiki]] --> <a class="external extiw"> Everything else appears to stay the same.
Yes, and ditto for all interwiki links marked with iw_local=0. Combined with bug11477 this would go a long way towards restoring the semantic meaning of the external link icon.
Change 146711 had a related patch set uploaded by TTO: Add "external" class to non-local interwiki links https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/146711
(In reply to Happy-melon from comment #4) > Combined > with bug11477 this would go a long way towards restoring the semantic > meaning of the external link icon. I disagree that this is a solution for that. If you feel an interwiki link should be an external link, ask for the interwiki prefix to be removed from the interwiki map. I suggest WONTFIX here.
