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Use auto-completable URLs for Special:Gather
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In order to make URLs more relevant, while also standardized, I propose the following schema:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Gather/id/123456/My-favorite-animals-by-Yurik

Where the number is the list ID and everything afterwards is a localized message {label} by {user} (for English). The string will never be parsed, only the ID will be used to load the list. Afterwards, if the string does not match what it should be, a redirect will be made to the canonical form of the URL.

Note that the spaces are replaced with '-', not '_', as that is more readable, easier to type, and appears on other sites like stackoverflow, etc.

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I think this is a good idea and we should do it.

@Jdlrobson very cool, but lower priority than some other stuff. I would rather you pulled off the backlog first.

Work involved here is trivial - probably 10 minutes maximum. Agree though it's super low priority.

Change 205868 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jdlrobson):
Switch URL used for a collection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/205868

Change 205868 merged by jenkins-bot:
Switch URL used for a collection

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/205868