On 01/03/2011 07:23 AM, MZMcBride wrote:
I assume you're referring to these revisions:
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/79398
- http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Code/MediaWiki/79399
It looks like a nice usability fix. :-) (Now to get Special:MovePage turned into ?action=move....)
I could see arguments for going the other way too. For example, writing [[Special:History/Page|history]] would be _so_ much more convenient than <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Page|action=history}} history]</span> (and very few people outside this list probably even know that one can do the latter).
But I do generally agree that the lack of a clear and logical distinction between actions and special pages is ugly and sometimes confusing (...not to even mention Special:Search...).