Daniel Norton wrote:
On Apr 6, 2014, at 12:08 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
en.wikipedia.org/s/xr32
Hmm, I presume that you were just tossing out a random URL, but that “/s/” path seems to be configured with some special purpose, sending a 301 redirect regardless of the remainder of the path. Is that documented somewhere? (I would expect a 404.)
The ShortUrl MediaWiki extension is active on some Wikimedia wikis. As Jeremy says, it has associated Apache configuration to support even shorter URLs. Example: https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/3qhk. I was suggesting possibly (properly) expanding this functionality to additional Wikimedia wikis. The current /s/ behavior on wikis where ShortUrl is not installed is just a byproduct of shared Apache configuration between the domains (you can search for "/s/" in operations/apache-config/main.conf): https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fapache-config.git//main.conf.
MZMcBride