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Namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia
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Please create the following namespaces on Sicilian Wikipedia:

CAT = Categoria = Category = Catigurìa (we proposed also "C" but seems not feasible - thanks Nemoralis)
T = Template
U = User = Utenti
DU => NS_USER_TALK
DP = Discussioni progetto
DW = Discussioni Wikipedia

I think the command to be added to the configuration file is:
$wgNamespaceAliases = array('CAT' => 14, 'T' => 10, 'DP' => 103, 'DW' => 5);

Consensus is in https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Circulu#creare_alias_redirect_namespace

Benefits (why should this be implemented?): typing and linguistical advantages


For a new developer implementing this task, steps to add namespace aliases are documented here.

Expected outcome is documented here: T375979#10523898

Event Timeline

Nemoralis changed the subtype of this task from "Feature Request" to "Task".Sep 29 2024, 4:55 PM

C is a interwiki for Wikimedia Commons so it will not work. I am not sure about the rest; DP and DW is unassigned ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code

T363538 means that namespace aliases conflicting with interwikis are now a supported concept. So if you really want to you could hijack "C:". But I advise against it.

I personally don't think we should worry about namespace aliases conflicting with unassigned ISO codes.

Change #1076661 had a related patch set uploaded (by Melos; author: Melos):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Add namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1076661

Thanks to all, let's wait for the requested changes to be applied

Change #1076661 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Add namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1076661

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-10-01T07:24:33Z] <kartik@deploy2002> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1076661|Add namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia (T375979)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-10-01T07:26:47Z] <kartik@deploy2002> kartik, melos: Backport for [[gerrit:1076661|Add namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia (T375979)]] synced to the testservers (https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug)

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2024-10-01T07:34:38Z] <kartik@deploy2002> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1076661|Add namespace aliases for scn.wikipedia (T375979)]] (duration: 10m 05s)

Uh! So fast. Thanks.

That's one small step for 'a' man, one giant leap for arancinu (and https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAT:Cucina_siciliana )

Melos claimed this task.

is possible to have also the italian extended translation?
like for example:
Categoria corresponds to CAT=Category=Catigurìa
Speciale=Special=Spiciali

Consensus is always in https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Circulu#creare_alias_redirect_namespace

i asked for the "category" since the beginning of this task; do also special please.

once we are here i request also DT (like DP and DW) for "Discussioni Template" (template talk)

Pppery removed Melos as the assignee of this task.Oct 25 2024, 3:45 AM

'+scnwiki' => [

		'Categoria' => NS_CATEGORY,
		'Speciale' => Special,
		'DT' => NS_TEMPLATE_TALK,

],

should be something like this?

Feel free to submit that patch to the operations/mediawiki-config repo and schedule it for deployment if you wish. This discussion has turned into such a mess that I (and probably others watching this board) have no idea what should be done anymore.

I (and probably others watching this board) have no idea what should be done anymore.

Umm… I think the previous comment by GiovanniPen makes it pretty clear what is being requested. They want the term "Categoria" to be an alias for "Category", "Speciale" for "Special" and "DT" for "Template_talk".

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Change #1182926 had a related patch set uploaded (by Srishakatux; author: Srishakatux):

[mediawiki/core@master] Add namespace aliases for scn wiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182926

Change #1182927 had a related patch set uploaded (by Srishakatux; author: Srishakatux):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Add namespace alias for scn wiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182927

Change #1182926 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Add namespace aliases for scn wiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182926

Change #1182927 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Add namespace alias for scn wiki

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1182927

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-11T07:03:55Z] <kartik@deploy1003> Started scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1182927|Add namespace alias for scn wiki (T375979)]]

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-11T07:08:49Z] <kartik@deploy1003> srishakatux, kartik: Backport for [[gerrit:1182927|Add namespace alias for scn wiki (T375979)]] synced to the testservers (see https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mwdebug). Changes can now be verified there.

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2025-09-11T07:15:21Z] <kartik@deploy1003> Finished scap sync-world: Backport for [[gerrit:1182927|Add namespace alias for scn wiki (T375979)]] (duration: 11m 26s)