On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 08:47:21AM +0100, Michael Keppler wrote:
That wouldn't help when renaming/moving articles. To my mind the most straightforward solution would be to access the article by it's database id which is both short _and_ (project wise) unique. Naturally you need some special syntax for that to avoid overlapping with articles that have numerical titles.
If the article is renamed, and there is no redirection from old place -- then this article is gone. So that's OK, if short URL will be transformed into non-existent article (with the standard "Would you like to create this article?" message).
The short URL should be associated with the name of article, not with its content.
Best regards,