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Special:NewPages should allow namespace selection via path
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Description

Special:NewPages should allow namespace selection via path like bunch of other special pages with namespace selector:

Special:NewPages/ = main namespace
Special:NewPages/Talk [or] Special:NewPages/Talk: = talk namespace
(etc...)
Special:NewPages = all namespaces [or] main namespace by default


Version: 1.23.0
Severity: enhancement
Whiteboard: usability

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 3:01 AM
bzimport set Reference to bz60424.
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Works with [[Special:NewPages/namespace=Talk]], but looks not like a good path argument (was used in context of including of the special page)

Change 589319 had a related patch set uploaded (by Pppery; owner: Pppery):
[mediawiki/core@master] Improve support for namespace selection by path in Special:NewPages

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/589319

Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 11:13 AM
Aklapper removed a subscriber: wikibugs-l-list.

Change 589319 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/core@master] Improve support for namespace selection by path in Special:NewPages

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/589319