https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10449

Nemo <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Summary|Add magic word(s) to get    |Add magic word(s) to get
                   |canonical name of a special |canonical name of a special
                   |page                        |page from the local one

--- Comment #19 from Nemo <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #18)
> (In reply to comment #17)
> >Special:SpecialPages?uselang=pl ? :p
> 
> Good recursive joke. This polish user only knows Specjalna:Strony_specjalne,
> which doesn't work in ja wiki.

Doesn't matter: set pl in the preference -> "Strony specjalne" from sidebar ->
bingo. ;)

> 
> > So the obvious question is: we already have had conflicts between different
> > special pages with same canonical name; are we sure we won't have 
> > conflicting
> > translations and aliases?
> 
> I don't think so, because this is a in-site feature. It does not manage
> aliases
> other than local ones, retrieving the canonical, which is supposed to be
> universal.

Ok, this should work I suppose, at least for aliases. However, it doesn't
support your usecase but only the case where one has a link from their wiki.

> Related to the "C" command. I consider that it is sufficient for this
> functionality to be added only to {{#special:}} and {{ns:}} functions, and
> not
> to the entire PAGENAME family. Thus, if you type in a spanish language wiki,
> you will get:
> 
> {{#special:LoQueEnlazaAquí|C}} → Special:Whatlinkshere
> {{ns:Plantilla|C}} → Template

|R would perhaps be more consistent and yes, definitely not all PAGENAME & co.,
but I suggest to avoid bikeshedding and leave this to whoever decides to
implement this. ;-)

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