On 09/19/2013 10:04 AM, Jon Robson wrote:
Thanks Tim for running those data. That seems to suggest the URL structure works for the most case.
It certainly confirms that search engines link to working links, and users typing URLs manually are rare and (eventually) learn to prefix /wiki/. I am not that convinced that the current number of 404s says that much about the user-friendliness or aesthetics of different URL schemes, but that is besides the point (and subjective).
I see /w/index.php?title=.. as the more important clean-up, which is why the RFC is only about that aspect.
Gabriel