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Links to mediawiki.org in messages should be consistent: full https://www.mediawiki.org link instead of http:// or proto-relative //www.mediawiki.org
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Links to mediawiki.org in messages should be consistent: full https://www.mediawiki.org, proto-relative //www.mediawiki.org, or interwiki mediawikiwiki:. Both of the first two are in use now in various messages, the third will be once I8cefafbc is merged.

We should settle on one and use it everywhere; personally I'm inclined towards the interwiki version, which according to bug 43591 comment 3 works since 2007, is easier to migrate to per bug 43591, and in general just seems neater.

Version: 1.22.0
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=63269
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66746

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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:30 AM
• bzimport added projects: MW-1.23.0-release, MediaWiki-Internationalization, good first task.
• bzimport set Reference to bz54835.
matmarex created this task.Oct 1 2013, 5:52 PM
• brooke added a comment.Oct 1 2013, 6:16 PM

Don't use interwiki prefixes in general MediaWiki UI messages; you should not assume any of them will be present or working.

• brooke added a comment.Oct 1 2013, 6:18 PM

I recommend using only https: links please.

Nemo_bis added a comment.Oct 1 2013, 6:21 PM

Thanks Brion, it seems we can change the summary to reflect the recommendation?
By the way, this is a core bug, but some extensions use interwikis; for instance I think CentralAuth links to Meta in some places (and with the wrong prefix even, meta: instead of m:).

matmarex added a comment.Oct 1 2013, 7:20 PM

(There are more comments with rationale on https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/83220/. The patch has been amended to use a https:// link.)

• MZMcBride added a comment.Oct 2 2013, 3:42 AM

Can this bug be marked with the "easy" keyword?

Nemo_bis added a comment.Oct 3 2013, 10:34 AM

(In reply to comment #5)

Can this bug be marked with the "easy" keyword?

After the summary settles on a way forward, perhaps. It's not always that trivial to convert wikilinks to external links.

matmarex added a comment.Oct 12 2013, 8:06 PM

Let's settle the summary, then.

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 15 2013, 9:02 PM

Change 95698 had a related patch set uploaded by Bartosz Dziewoński:
Links to mediawiki.org in messages should use HTTPS

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/95698

gerritbot added a comment.Nov 16 2013, 12:28 PM

Change 95698 merged by jenkins-bot:
Links to mediawiki.org in messages should use HTTPS

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/95698

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 11 2014, 10:31 AM

Change 118062 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis:
Use full URL to mediawiki.org ULS page per bug 54835

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/118062

Nemo_bis added a comment.Mar 11 2014, 10:33 AM

Sorry, I forgot the bot also parses the first line.

gerritbot added a comment.Mar 11 2014, 12:48 PM

Change 118062 merged by jenkins-bot:
Use full URL to mediawiki.org ULS page per bug 54835

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/118062

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