Daniel Norton wrote: >On Apr 6, 2014, at 12:08 PM, MZMcBride <z...@mzmcbride.com> wrote: >> en.wikipedia.org/s/xr32 > >Hmm, I presume that you were just tossing out a random URL, but that >“/s/” path seems to be configured with some special purpose, sending a >301 redirect regardless of the remainder of the path. Is that documented >somewhere? (I would expect a 404.)
The ShortUrl MediaWiki extension is active on some Wikimedia wikis. As Jeremy says, it has associated Apache configuration to support even shorter URLs. Example: <https://ta.wikipedia.org/s/3qhk>. I was suggesting possibly (properly) expanding this functionality to additional Wikimedia wikis. The current /s/ behavior on wikis where ShortUrl is not installed is just a byproduct of shared Apache configuration between the domains (you can search for "/s/" in operations/apache-config/main.conf): <https://git.wikimedia.org/blob/operations%2Fapache-config.git//main.conf>. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
