Right now the #REDIRECT [[ns:link]] function doesn't work with namespaces outside of www.wikipedia.org (such as meta, and the various languages.
It would probably be good (and easy?) to change it so that redirects can be set up naturally.
A number of entries redirect into the [[Wikipedia:]] namespace (like [[Votes for deletion]]). This would be useful for meta.wikipedia and interlanguage redirects as well.
Of course, internal links to such redirects should be fixed to direct links. But this will allow us to preserve the integrity of outside bookmarks if we move content from one namespace to another.
It may also allow for interesting crosslanguage capacities that I can't predict myself...
tc
The Cunctator wrote:
Right now the #REDIRECT [[ns:link]] function doesn't work with namespaces outside of www.wikipedia.org (such as meta, and the various languages.
It would probably be good (and easy?) to change it so that redirects can be set up naturally.
Done.
They behave the same as redirects to special pages, which is to say there are a couple of caveats:
* If the target page doesn't exist, we don't know it; you get sent to the empty page.
* There's no 'redirected from' notice/backlink, so editing the redirect page must be done manually
* Can't backtrace them from a 'What links here' page
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 21:13, Brion VIBBER wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
Right now the #REDIRECT [[ns:link]] function doesn't work with namespaces outside of www.wikipedia.org (such as meta, and the various languages.
It would probably be good (and easy?) to change it so that redirects can be set up naturally.
Done.
Thanks, and thanks for making the Memoriam redirect. One more thing: could you/someone copy over the article history from Wikipedia to sep11 for September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Personal experiences -> sep11:Personal experiences
I'd like to do that for the tribute pages as well; if I give you a list of the entry names, would it be straightforward to copy them over en-masse? The pages wouldn't be redirected; rather, the [[Tributes and comments]] link on the encyclopedia entry pages would be changed to point to sep11.
The Cunctator wrote:
Thanks, and thanks for making the Memoriam redirect. One more thing: could you/someone copy over the article history from Wikipedia to sep11 for September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack/Personal experiences -> sep11:Personal experiences
Done.
I'd like to do that for the tribute pages as well; if I give you a list of the entry names, would it be straightforward to copy them over en-masse? The pages wouldn't be redirected; rather, the [[Tributes and comments]] link on the encyclopedia entry pages would be changed to point to sep11.
Sure.
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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