Last modified: 2013-03-13 11:29:05 UTC
If there is tool which is supposed to link to various pages and it is supposed to be crossproject, then although it can link to basic namespaces (-2 - 14) via canonical names, further namespaces can't be linked otherwise than obtaining current namespacelist from API. This is not practical for example in cases when tools run offline etc. Therefore it would be practical to have ability to link by URL to namespaces via their numbers. On wiki you can of course do [[{{ns:10}}:Foo]] to get Template:Foo, but you can not construct URL on external tools this way. There are two possible solutions coming to my mind: 1) mywiki.example/wiki/10:Foo 2) mywiki.example/wiki/Special:CanonicalLink/10:Foo I would personaly prefer the first solution because it is shorter and more intuitive. However I assume there could be some issues with existing page titles starting with numbers. So actually allowing the parser function to expand in URL might work: 3) mywiki.example/wiki/{{ns:10}}:Foo If none of those above are possible, I would welcome even any other solution which would allow linking to namespaces via their numbers.
Or [10]:Foo? In this way it can be used in URL only and avoid any conflict with existing title.
