https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24658
Summary: Easy access to a Page
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Hi,
This bug is related to Search, Interwiki Link and General Enhancement.
We can get 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple' page by typing 'Apple' in
search box of English Wikipedia.
If a Non-English user set his/her keyboard to other language like French,
Arabic, Malayalam, etc. and search something like Pomme, تفاح, ആപ്പിൾ, etc.
they will get 'There were no results matching the query.' and red link to the
text.
Basically this user is trying to get 'http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple'. I
think we should have an *Automatic Redirect* from Interwiki text to the main
article.
This will solve another issue too.
Here is the URL for Malayalam Wikipedia Article Apple:
http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%86%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BE
It is very difficult to use this URL in Email, Blog, Chat, IRC, etc. Many of
us will be happy if we can use 'http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple' instead of
the long URL.
At percent we are solving this issue by making a Redirect from its English name
and manually adding http://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Prettyurl template in
thousands of Articles.
Thanks
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