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Special:NamespaceInfo should list namespace aliases
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Description

Feature summary

Special:NamespaceInfo should list namespace aliases, probably in a separate column of the table there.

Use case(s)

Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NamespaceInfo

A namespace's aliases are not listed on the page. In this example, for English Wikipedia:

  1. The Wikipedia namespace is aliased to Project and the abbreviation WP.
  2. The Media namespace is also aliased to both File and Image.

There may be others that also exist.

But these are not mentioned. They should be.

Benefits:

This would deliver more complete information about namespaces.

Priority:

Low.

Background:

Is based on task T263513: Create a Special:NamespaceInfo page not being thoroughly implemented 💯.

You might also want to address T381456: Special:NamespaceInfo should give links to Special:AllPages at the same time.

Event Timeline

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Hi @DannyS712 -- you authored the original patch for this feature. Would you care to do some more work on it?

Do not add new blockers to closed tasks.

taavi raised the priority of this task from Low to Needs Triage.Apr 21 2025, 1:55 PM

Change #1251129 had a related patch set uploaded (by OriginalAuthority; author: OriginalAuthority):

[mediawiki/core@master] Display namespace aliases on Special:NamespaceInfo

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251129

Change #1251129 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Display namespace aliases on Special:NamespaceInfo

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251129

This is now live for aliases, such as "WP" being an alias for "Project", and "Wikipedia" being the local name for "Project" on the English Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NamespaceInfo

This is more interesting in non-English languages, e.g.: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezial:NamespaceInfo

Probably worth adding an entry into Tech/News?

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