We need to think a little bit outside the box, here; this domain should really be available, and make sense to use, for *all* WMF sites. http://www.wm.org is only occupied by a websquatter at the moment, AFAICT; I think a schema like http://wm.org/<wiki_code>/<article_title> or http://wm.org/<wiki_code>/?oldid=<oldid> would be cleanest. For enwiki it would be http://wm.org/enwiki/Foo; the worst-case scenario is AFAIK http://wm.org/mediawikiwiki/Foo; still only 28 characters plus the title. Use one of the qqx reserved codes for stuff like copyright, and you have a complete service.
--HM "Chad" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 9:26 AM, Andrew Gray<[email protected]> > wrote: >> 2009/7/17 Harald Krichel <[email protected]>: >> >>> Shouldn't we set up our own URL-aliasing service? >>> This would also have the advantage that you could be sure that the >>> wikimedia shortened urls only lead to wikimedia domains. >>> >>> eg.: >>> http://wp.cx/3tT5u7Z >>> redirects to >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=302589573 >> >> I discovered yesterday that: >> >> enwp.org/Article >> >> redirects to >> >> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article >> >> Sadly, it doesn't work with revision IDs, but it's a start! >> >> -- >> - Andrew Gray >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> > > Yes it does, enwp.org/?oldid=60372135 should redirect you to > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?oldid=60372135 which is a 2006 revision > of [[Old-Timers' Day]] (thanks Special:Random). > > -Chad > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
