[Foundation-l] Shorter Url for non-latin languages

FT2 ft2.wiki at gmail.com
Sun Feb 13 09:37:59 UTC 2011


Yes x 2.

But keep the links simple, so extended subdomains (en.wp.wmf.org) is too
long. Just one domain, and let the shortener cover all wikis not just one.

FT2


On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Alison M. Wheeler <
wikimedia at alisonwheeler.com> wrote:

> An alternative would be to create the link (in effect an unlabelled
> redirect) from a short domain (http://wp.wmf would be nice!) for every
> page and revision automatically, and include it on the page, thus saving on
> any database requirement because of the 1:1 matching.
> The best option, naturally, would be to get Twitter and everyone else to
> accept "[[target]]" as an automated link! (but that would still be really
> too long for most pages)
>



On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 7:25 PM, RYU Cheol <rcheol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the proposal, I also suggested to add twitter button on every articles.
>  Those shortened URLs might be helpful.
>



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