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Bug 54932 - Special:Categories should allow filtering by prefix
Special:Categories should allow filtering by prefix
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
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1.22.0
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: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2013-10-03 19:15 UTC by Danny B.
Modified: 2013-10-18 18:35 UTC (History)
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Description Danny B. 2013-10-03 19:15:44 UTC 
Special:Categories should allow filtering by prefix.

Currently it allows offset only (via Special:Categories/<offset> as well as param in query string), which is actually less practical and useful than prefix.

I can't find any example of practical usage of the offset linking via Special:Categories/<offset> - always intended to display categories having given prefix, so this URL call can be changed to prefix instead of offset behavior. However, if from some reasons it will be decided to keep it this way, then some URL like Special:CategoriesPrefix/<prefix> should be created instead.
Comment 1 Jesús Martínez Novo (Ciencia Al Poder) 2013-10-03 19:25:16 UTC 
Isn't Special:PrefixIndex/Category:<prefix> sufficient for that?
Comment 2 Danny B. 2013-10-03 21:20:44 UTC 
Nope, since that one displays *existing category pages whether the category is empty or not* onlike Special:Categories, which displays *categories with at least one member whether the category page exists or not*.
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