On 27 September 2011 22:38, Daniel Friesen <lists(a)nadir-seen-fire.com>wrote;wrote:
On 11-09-27 02:18 PM, Olivier Beaton wrote:
>> * File path
> Special:Filepath is an important special page for linking. If you have
> uploads then Special:Filepath is the only way for bots and other 3rd
> party tools to reliably get a link to a media file. If we get rid of
> Special:Filepath we get rid of the one thing making a rewrite of the
> upload system and paths used a reasonable possibility.
We should just make
http://my.wiki/wiki/Media:Foo.jpg redirect to the
appropriate url; simple and effective. There's really no need for a special
page for this. Although now that it's in, we can't really get rid of it...
:-(
--HM