On 27 September 2011 22:38, Daniel Friesen <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 11-09-27 02:18 PM, Olivier Beaton wrote: > >>> * File path > >> Special:Filepath is an important special page for linking. If you have > >> uploads then Special:Filepath is the only way for bots and other 3rd > >> party tools to reliably get a link to a media file. If we get rid of > >> Special:Filepath we get rid of the one thing making a rewrite of the > >> upload system and paths used a reasonable possibility. > We should just make http://my.wiki/wiki/Media:Foo.jpg redirect to the appropriate url; simple and effective. There's really no need for a special page for this. Although now that it's in, we can't really get rid of it... :-( --HM _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
