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Alias Special:UploadFile to Special:Upload
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Alias Special:UploadFile to Special:Upload in languages/messages/MessagesEn.php

Use case(s)

The names of special pages are inconsistent as to whether they are of the form Verb or verb+noun. A user may half-remember the name of the name of the special page and try Special:UploadFile.

I did also consider asking for Special:UploadImage since there are aliases like Special:NewImages and Special:ImageList, but I'm not sure about that as I think these are leftovers from when all files were called "images" regardless of whether that was actually true and it does imply Special:UploadVideo or Special:UploadSound.

Good first task

Please leave this if you're a seasoned contributor:

This is a good first task because there is only one change required in languages/messages/MessagesEn.php on line 555:

	'Upload'                     => [ 'Upload' ],

change to:

	'Upload'                     => [ 'Upload', 'UploadFile' ],

Event Timeline

Bugreporter2 created this task.Thu, May 21, 6:20 AM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptThu, May 21, 6:20 AM

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Pppery edited projects, added: MediaWiki-Uploading; removed: MediaWiki-Special-pages.Thu, May 21, 6:24 AM
Peachey88 subscribed.Thu, May 21, 8:25 AM

Is there any examples where people are getting confused? Not every special page needs multiple aliases.

I wonder if any of the WMF stats tracking captures attempts at failed special page loads.

Aklapper removed a project: good first task.Thu, May 21, 5:00 PM
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