alaa_wmde added a comment.
In T219499#5103792 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219499#5103792>, @Addshore wrote: > Are we really sure disallowing aliases with |s in is the right path forward? > What are we going to do with the 56k aliases that currently have pipes in them? (Note this is 56k alias strings, not 56k items (it will be more items I expect). we can migrate them if we decide for that.. eps. that the ones we looked at all seemed to contain a | due to a bot or mistake more than intended by the user. I can be wrong, is there a way to get the full list? we thought we would actually ask for feedback on our mailing lists for use cases instead. > This also feels like a restriction on the data model that could be solved in a better way. > If we look at this task from a wikibase perspective disallowing a | character seems very silly. It is a restriction, but is it an undesirable one? I cannot think of any use case where a | is an important part of an alias (I mean | is more of a computer character than any specific language character that is irreplaceable) . Especially when we are using it ourselves as a separator in display and on Special:SetAliases with no one objecting to that of our users, I believe. or was this task created because some users wanted to add |s in Special:SetAliases? It does sound to me that | then should be treated as a special character that is not allowed (then we would either error or split automatically) to make things even more consistent. TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219499 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Greta_Doci_WMDE, alaa_wmde Cc: alaa_wmde, Lea_Lacroix_WMDE, thiemowmde, Greta_Doci_WMDE, Tarrow, Addshore, Aklapper, joker88john, CucyNoiD, Nandana, NebulousIris, Gaboe420, Versusxo, Majesticalreaper22, Giuliamocci, Adrian1985, Cpaulf30, Lahi, Gq86, Baloch007, Darkminds3113, Bsandipan, Lordiis, GoranSMilovanovic, Adik2382, Th3d3v1ls, Ramalepe, Liugev6, QZanden, LawExplorer, Lewizho99, Maathavan, _jensen, rosalieper, Jonas, Wikidata-bugs, aude, Lydia_Pintscher, Mbch331
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