In looking through the MediaWiki schema (both current and new), I've
noticed that page titles are given a max length of 255 chars. However,
it seems that in some cases, this title includes the namespace, and in
others it does not -- namespace is stored as an Int or is implied by
context (eg, categorylinks, imagelinks).
This sounds a warning klaxon in my head. Is my concern misplaced?
Would it make sense to always use the namespace (as an int) plus title
(without namespace) to reference a page (again, unless implied by
context)?
Rich Holton
en.wikipedia:User:Rholton