https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1450

--- Comment #27 from Bawolff <[email protected]> 2012-02-09 00:49:40 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #26)
> I do have some concerns about this extension:
> 
> * it creates a new numeric identifier to describe pages, which is very similar
> to existing page_id
> * but it isn't page_id -- it refers to a page title, and thus if a page is
> renamed ends up referring to the old redirect
> 
> Since it's just a number with only internal meaning, I'd be more inclined to
> recommend using the page_id rather than creating a new id just for short 
> links.
> This also saves the trouble of installing a new database table on every wiki,
> and would make it trivial to enable it for *all* wikis instead of just some.
> 

I think some people didn't want the short urls changing where they pointed to
on page move, and wanted them to still work after a page delete/undelete cycle.
(If I remember correctly)

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