Trying to create a short url I ended up on this wiki-404 page that shouldn't be.
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| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stalled | None | T240188 Redirect Special:ShortUrl to Special:UrlShortener | |||
| Open | None | T187045 Code Stewardship Review: ShortUrl Extension |
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Special:ShortUrl already exists as part of MediaWiki-extensions-ShortUrl, which is currently deployed on multiple wmf sites (search for wmgUseShortUrl)
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There are plans to undeploy that extension from Wikimedia sites. Once that's done, there's nothing to prevent this.
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@Ammarpad: I am not aware of any plans (apart from vague ideas), could you please point to them?
I found T187045: Code Stewardship Review: ShortUrl Extension, maybe that is what this task should depend on (and be marked as stalled)?
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@Aklapper Yes that. The plans are not yet concrete, but it's quite clear it is going to happen in one way or another.
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Please consult communities first before undeploying Extension ShortUrl. Many projects use them as stable shorturls in many places and does not want their workflow to breakdown.
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To be clear, any short URLs created using the ShortUrl system (/s/) will be supported forever: we don't break working URLs. We do however plan to stop the creation of new URLs in favor of w.wiki.
If there are specific features in the old system you/the communities you're in depend upon that aren't in the new one, I'd like to hear them and figure out how address those needs. T187045 is a good task for that.