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diff: as a pseudo namespace
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create a diff: namespace and redirect it to a diff url. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?&diff=prev&oldid=300616445 would become [[diff:300616445]]

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:39 PM
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Betacommand created this task.Jul 6 2009, 8:05 PM
• demon added a comment.Jul 6 2009, 8:16 PM

Was chatting with BC about this earlier, a couple of notes:

  • It would probably be best as a namespace, not an IW link. Relative IW links would be pretty straightfoward and could be shipped with default MW, but they might be broken (related: bug 18664 and bug 19270). Fully qualified URLs are not friendly for something like this, nor would they be quick to implement in a large-scale installation a la WMF.
  • A pseudo-namespace (similar to Special: at -1 and Media: at -2) would be better than a normal one, as it eliminates chances of collisions with existing namespace definitions.
MaxSem added a comment.Feb 15 2014, 9:53 PM

Note that MobileFrontend has diffs as a special page, you can create an interwiki to it, for example: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MobileDiff/592700201...592717598

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Ricordisamoa subscribed.Jan 6 2016, 3:48 AM

Special:Diff has been in core for almost 2 years. Decline?

jayvdb closed this task as Declined.Jan 6 2016, 4:18 AM
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jayvdb added a subscriber: • demon.
In T21556#235469, @demon wrote:

Was chatting with BC about this earlier, a couple of notes:

  • It would probably be best as a namespace, not an IW link. Relative IW links would be pretty straightfoward and could be shipped with default MW, but they might be broken (related: bug 18664 and bug 19270). Fully qualified URLs are not friendly for something like this, nor would they be quick to implement in a large-scale installation a la WMF.

fwiw, T20664 and T21270 (bug 18664 and bug 19270 respectively) were fixed.

In T21556#1917337, @Ricordisamoa wrote:

Special:Diff has been in core for almost 2 years. Decline?

Agreed. If someone sees that a pseudo namespace would be better than Special:Diff, they should add some rationale before re-opening.

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