On 23/03/12 22:03, Jay Ashworth wrote: >> That doesn't allow you to type wi.ki/en/Donut in order to open >> article, shortened url is also hard to remember > > Well, there's nothing for that. wi.ki/en/Donut is not a shortened URL... > cause what if the article you were interested in was "List of episodes of > Buffy The Vampire Slayer"? > > base36 shortnames, all lower case, please.
How does it help? Would you be able to calculate in your mind echo List of episodes of Buffy The Vampire Slayer | gzip | base64 for any title? (If you answered yes, you're out of luck, the output is still larger than the title :) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
