(and this time back to the list)

On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Andy Bradford <amb-fos...@bradfords.org>
wrote:

> Thus said Stephan Beal on Sat, 20 Feb 2016 14:24:31 +0100:
>
> > My  proposal  is that  we  standardize  on  the  /foo/x form  for  all
> > generated links. Justification: they simply look better :/.
>
> I don't  see a  problem with this,  and as long  as old  generated links
> which  include ?name=  still work?  Will it  have any  impact on  future
> modifications?


Of course - that handling doesn't change. Just some hrefs changes from
/x?name=... to /x/thename


> Will it  have any  impact on  future
>> modifications?
>>
>
No - both link forms continue to work, this is just cosmetic.


>
>> What was the rationale for using ?name= in the first place?
>>
>
That decision predates me, but IIRC the only page which used it at the time
was /wiki/Name, and it was built into the core params parsing. Other
commands ended up implicitly inheriting it.

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