https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28519
--- Comment #4 from Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> 2011-04-13 07:19:45 UTC --- The goal is not so much to make the URL short as to make it readable, assuming that anyone that is able to read the string "wikipedia.org" is able to read the string "Barack_Obama". A lot of people are able to read both "Barack_Obama" and "باراك_أوباما"; some people are able to read only one of these strings; but i'm quite sure that "%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7" is equally gibberish to everyone. It doesn't matter what the article is about and what the final name in the target language is. An Interlanguage wiki page is supposed to be a hub that points to the different names of the same thing in different languages, whether it's people, building materials, animals or towns. The name in the target language may change, but then the Interlanguage wiki will probably be updated. What i suggest is that the Interlanguage extension will simply redirect the reader to the article that is currently listed at the same page as the target article in the requested language. If there's no article about this in that language yet, then the extension can offer the reader to create an article in his language. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
