https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41836

Chad H. <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Chad H. <[email protected]> 2012-11-07 21:25:03 UTC 
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(In reply to comment #1)
> Basically, actions are all inconsistent. Special:MovePage, Special:Undelete,
> etc. vs. ?action=history, ?action=protect, ?action=edit, etc. There are
> concerns with switching to Special pages (such as page links only tracking up
> to 255 bytes) and there are concerns with switching to actions (such as not
> having a title to work with).
> 

If we were doing it all over again--we'd be writing special pages and not
action urls. The only reason we've still got them is for legacy reasons. I
remember complaining when actions were rewritten that we were wasting our time
solidifying architecture that should just die.

> Generally, if we switch to Special pages, I think we'll end up with
> Special:Action/Edit/Foo or something. Maybe.
> 

Special:Action/Foo/Bar is just as bad as title=Bar&action=Foo. Comment #2 is
the way I'd like to see it...
Special:History/Foo, Special:Edit/Foo, etc etc etc.

> Is there any reason you think the info action in particular should be switched
> to a (dedicated) Special page?

Because *all* actions should be special pages. We should kill every last one of
these blasted actions and have them redirect to appropriate special pages.

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