On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 06:04:58PM +0100, Magnus Manske wrote:
Removing the : from the wikipedia system would not only mean all wikipedians having to learn new syntax, but also to move and redirect a zillion entries, not to speak of fixing these links on countless pages.
And even if we just make some "URL wrapper" for namespaces, I don't see the advantage. If you want to unite all language databases in a single one, why change the syntax? Just add an extra field to the table. "en:talk:stuff" will do just fine IMHO.
1) I want to see some sort of specification of what is allowed for language names, and namespace names.
2) I want to see how languages, namespaces, and article titles are supposed to map onto URI's that are NOT ambiguous.
3) Maybe I wasn't clear enough; the Wiki syntax wouldn't change; what I want is a way to map all links onto an URL without ambiguity.
Jonathan