It's not really that simple, the page should be accessible via API
just as any other page, should be useable as any other page, etc.
(include able using {{NoHistory:PageName}}). If we used the conception
of Special page, it wouldn't work like this

On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 3:59 PM, Jeroen De Dauw <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hey,
>
>> It's probably one of the most straight-forward to make extensions I've
> heard of as well.
>
> If you go for a special page based design, then yes, this is simple. If you
> want to have it properly integrated with MediaWiki, it's rather less
> trivial.
>
>> these pages could live in a special namespace like [[NoHistory:PageName]]
>
> I like that idea. Generalizing the article handling code to not assume
> there is a revision for every edit would probably require changes much in
> line what's being done with the content handler stuff.
>
> Cheers
>
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