https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42085
--- Comment #9 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> 2012-11-14 00:25:16 UTC --- (In reply to comment #8) >> This seems to mostly come down to Twitter, which already has a bazillion URL >> shorteners floating around it, including its own (t.co). I can't fathom a >> reason you would use a shortened URL in a blog post and it's exactly that >> kind >> of mis-use that I worry about. > > Why would using a short URL in a blog post be a 'mis-use'? Is there something > wrong with telling people URLs they can remember? You seem to assume that people have an easier time remembering bit.ly/fdjs3423 than en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo. It's a mis-use because there's an actual cost to URL shortening. The primary cost is in the introduction of a middle-man dependency, though there are other costs associated as well. In instances where there's no (or almost no) benefit to using a shortened URL (such as a blog, where you're not constrained by arbitrary character limitations), the cost easily outweighs any benefit of using a shortened URL. This is all a bit tangential, though. I think it would be best if you started an RFC on mediawiki.org about a URL shortener service, listing the various use-cases and possibilities for a domain name, etc. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
