Last modified: 2014-01-29 08:16:25 UTC
When linking German-language Wikisource article, we can use [[:s:de:Salz]] or [[:de:s:Salz]]. But it does not work always. When linking from Ukraine Wikivoyage (uk.wikivoyage.org) to Korean wikiversity (ko.wikiversity.org), [[:ko:v:]] or [[:v:ko:] both do not work. (Because Korean Wikivoyage and/or Ukraine Wikiversiry do not exist.) How about to implement a direct shortcut for foreign language sister project, E.g. [[:kowikiversity:XXX]]? It will be useful other multi-language projects, such as meta and/or commons.
[[wikisource:de:Salz]] always works, as well as [[Wikiversity:ko:XXX]] and [[w:v:ko:XXX]]. I don't think adding yet another interwiki linking system is needed nor smart, there's enough complexity. I suggest closing WORKSFORME.
Change 94716 had a related patch set uploaded by TTO: Make missing.php aware of interwiki prefixes https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94716
(In reply to comment #1) > I suggest closing WORKSFORME. As you can see, I disagree :) This is a valid bug that should be fixed. It must be quite annoying for those who work on the more minor WMF projects and/or the smaller languages.
(In reply to comment #0) > How about to implement a direct shortcut for foreign language sister project, > E.g. [[:kowikiversity:XXX]]? ...although now I look closer at comment 0, this is not quite what I am implementing. See the Gerrit commit message.
Adding to CC Brion and Ariel who have sometimes talked about this issue of interwiki links via non-existing languages and excessive complexity of the interwiki linking system (most recently on #mediawiki, IIRC). TTO, you may want to update the bug summary to reflect the usecase and solution you chose, so that discussion is clearer/easier here.
(In reply to comment #5) > TTO, you may want to update the bug summary to reflect the usecase and > solution > you chose, so that discussion is clearer/easier here. I just found bug 7496, which is probably a better fit for the patch. But I would say that once 7496 is fixed, the solution in comment 0 will not be necessary.
Change 94716 merged by jenkins-bot: Make missing.php aware of interwiki prefixes https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/94716
(In reply to comment #6) > I just found bug 7496, which is probably a better fit for the patch. But I > would say that once 7496 is fixed, the solution in comment 0 will not be > necessary. Wow, it works. :)
