What about this?
Hide the link as a tooltip. I dont see why it should be visible by default.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:L10n-ux-wiki_shortlink_position.png

Update summary: current situation is quite horrible IMHO, the URL is even before the tagline and nothing explains what it is or why it's there.
Tooltip is not bad but ideally this URL should be along with the export/collection (book), cite and printable version buttons; in the meanwhile, why isn't it just in the toolbox which is currently the only proper solution?
See also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Collection_Extension_2#Wireframe_Layout_for_placing_the_print_and_Collection_extension_buttons for a related issue.

• Bug 41252 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Change 74649 had a related patch set uploaded by Siddhartha Ghai:
Bug 38863: Add tooltip-like UI beside the title. Remove anchor from below the title. Add option for link to help page in the tooltip. Change-Id: Ic711e3ad451cde42cb31ef552ae5339d4b5f96c4

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/74649

Yuvi: As you are the assignee, do you still plan to work on this?
Any plans to review the patch in comment 4?

Don't think I'll have time for it in the near future, sorry.

Yuvi: Then feel free to reassign to avoid cookielicking :)

Krinkle just let several useful comments on the patch by Siddhartha Ghai. Siddhartha Ghai or Yuvi, are you going to work on that? If not let's unassign this bug and look for someone to amend the patch. :)

Should this bug report be set to the PATCH_TO_REVIEW status?

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Krinkle just let several useful comments on the patch by Siddhartha Ghai.
Siddhartha Ghai or Yuvi, are you going to work on that? If not let's unassign
this bug and look for someone to amend the patch. :)

I could work on the patch, but as it is probably obvious by now, I am a noob at this. Also, someone who knows where this extension is heading needs to clarify which of those suggestions should be implemented and which should be left out. :)

Change 74649 had a related patch set uploaded by Qgil:
Add tooltip-like UI beside the title

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/74649

Change 437550 had a related patch set uploaded (by Hashar; owner: Hashar):
[mediawiki/extensions/ShortUrl@master] Do not insert URL in <h1> but after it

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/437550

Change 437550 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/ShortUrl@master] Do not insert URL in <h1> but after it

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/437550

My patch just move the link so it is no more inside the h1 tag. It will still be shown though.

I guess we can just undeploy this extension in favor of Url Shortener

In T40863#5104161, @Ladsgroup wrote:

I guess we can just undeploy this extension in favor of Url Shortener

Not really or you would broke existing URL? Also the extension add a small link next to the title.

https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A8%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE

Which has the ShortURL:

छोटा यूआरएल: https://hi.wikipedia.org/s/eizl

Anyway, if ShortURL extension should be phased out, that is most probably the subject of another task :)