We need to assign digital object identifiers to specific versions (stable, flagged revisions) of an article page. To assign doi:10/xyz we want to create that object in a custom doi namespace and then redirect to a specific version of a page in the article namespace. However, we could find no information how to address versions in intra-wiki syntax (and redirects don't work with URLs).
If this is indeed so,
a) could a version syntax be added to mediawiki links?
[[Help_talk:Redirects/Version:262031]]
should then be equivalent to:
http://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help_talk:Redirects&oldid=262...
Platonides wrote:
{{fullurl:Help_talk:Redirects|oldid=262031}}
that is only a typing convience which is not the problem.
The problems (why a syntax would be helpful) are: a) referring to versions is shown as an external link b) the ability to refer to a version in a redirect, i.e. declare a synonym for a stable version.
#redirect [[{{fullurl:Help_talk:Redirects|oldid=262031}}]] does not work.
Platonides wrote:
b) could redirect be extended so it supports URLs?
I think it's a feature that can be enabled for interwiki links.
http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Interwiki_link#Interwiki_Redirects mentions this, but I cannot find the variable. Among http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Interwiki_variables it does not seems to be Manual:$wgDisableHardRedirects, because this is false by default. Do you mean http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgRedirectSources ?
Not so nice: the redirect will not have a "redirected from" link.
Gregor