The ticket for the copy button is here
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T219862
I can't make any promise regarding further development, since the Core
Platform Team at WMF is taking over, but feel free to show enthusiasm in
the ticket if you feel like it's a very needed feature :)

On Fri, 12 Apr 2019 at 07:51, Pau Cabot <[email protected]> wrote:

> Would it be possible to add a "Copy" button to simplify copying the link
> to clipboard as other shortener services have?
>
> Thanks, Pau.
>
> Missatge de Pau Cabot <[email protected]> del dia dv., 12 d’abr. 2019 a
> les 7:46:
>
>> Nice!
>>
>> Missatge de Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> del dia dj., 11 d’abr.
>> 2019 a les 16:18:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>> This is live now, you can use it in
>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UrlShortener
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 2:14 PM Léa Lacroix <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> *(apologies for crost-posting - feel free to share this announcement in
>>>> your communities)*
>>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> Having a service providing short links exclusively for the Wikimedia
>>>> projects is a community request that came up regularly on Phabricator
>>>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44085> or in community discussions
>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Wishlist_Survey_2019/Reading/Create_URL_Shortener_extension_for_Wikimedia_wikis>.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> After a common work of developers from the Wikimedia Foundation and
>>>> Wikimedia Germany, we are now able to provide such a feature, it will be
>>>> enabled on April 11th on Meta.
>>>> *What is the URL Shortener doing?*
>>>>
>>>> The Wikimedia URL Shortener is a feature that allows you to create
>>>> short URLs for any page on projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, in
>>>> order to reuse them elsewhere, for example on social networks or on wikis.
>>>>
>>>> The feature can be accessed from Meta wiki on the special page
>>>> m:Special:URLShortener
>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:URLShortener> (will be
>>>> enabled on April 11th). On this page, you will be able to enter any web
>>>> address from a service hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, to generate a
>>>> short URL, and to copy it and reuse it anywhere.
>>>>
>>>> The format of the URL is w.wiki/ followed by a string of letters and
>>>> numbers. You can already test an example: w.wiki/3 redirects to
>>>> wikimedia.org.
>>>> *What are the limitations and security measures?*
>>>>
>>>> In order to assure the security of the links, and to avoid shortlinks
>>>> pointing to external or dangerous websites, the URL shortener is restricted
>>>> to services hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation. This includes for example:
>>>> all Wikimedia projects, Meta, Mediawiki, the Wikidata Query Service,
>>>> Phabricator. (see the full list here
>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_URL_Shortener>)
>>>>
>>>> In order to avoid abuse of the tool, there is a rate limit: logged-in
>>>> users can create up to 50 links every 2 minutes, and the IPs are limited to
>>>> 10 creations per 2 minutes.
>>>> *Where will this feature be available?*
>>>>
>>>> In order to enforce the rate limit described above, the page
>>>> Special:URLShortener will only be enabled on Meta. You can of course create
>>>> links or redirects to this page from your home wiki.
>>>>
>>>> The next step we’re working on is to integrate the feature directly in
>>>> the interface of the Wikidata Query Service, where bit.ly is currently
>>>> used to generate short links for the results of the queries. For now, you
>>>> will have to copy and paste the link of your query in the Meta page.
>>>> *Documentation and requests*
>>>>
>>>>    - If you have any question or requests, feel free to leave a
>>>>    comment under this Phabricator task
>>>>    <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44085>
>>>>    - The user documentation is available here
>>>>    
>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_URL_Shortener>:
>>>>    please help us to translate it in your language!
>>>>    - See also the technical documentation of the extension
>>>>    <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:UrlShortener>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a lot to all the developers and volunteers who helped moving
>>>> forward with this feature, and making it available today for everyone in
>>>> the Wikimedia projects!
>>>> --
>>>> Léa Lacroix
>>>> Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
>>>> Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
>>>> 10963 Berlin
>>>> www.wikimedia.de
>>>>
>>>> Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Amir
>>>
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Léa Lacroix
Project Manager Community Communication for Wikidata

Wikimedia Deutschland e.V.
Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24
10963 Berlin
www.wikimedia.de

Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V.

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