Hi!
that makes sense. It sounds like in the short term
(and until we
have a Wikimedia-operated shortener), using full URLs from WDQS is –
alas – the only way to go. One option we haven't mentioned would be
for WDQS itself to support URL shortening, I have no idea where that
would sit in terms of priorities.
I don't think it'd be very high. It would require building
infrastructure that Wiki extension already has, and for sole purpose of
implementing functionality that is already provided by that extension.
So I think the best way here is just to wait until it's deployed, and
maybe gently prod responsible people from time to time :)
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Stas Malyshev
smalyshev(a)wikimedia.org