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Bug 68827 - nsToken URL parameter in search URLs is kinda ugly
nsToken URL parameter in search URLs is kinda ugly
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
Search (Other open bugs)
1.24rc
All All
: Normal normal (vote)
: 1.24.0 release
Assigned To: Kevin Israel (PleaseStand)
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
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Reported: 2014-07-29 23:46 UTC by MZMcBride
Modified: 2014-08-18 18:51 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Description MZMcBride 2014-07-29 23:46:38 UTC 
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&profile=advanced&search=search+box+focus&fulltext=Search&ns4=1&profile=advanced&nsToken=240fd45a30df793339a14af5766760a9%2B%5C

The nsToken URL parameter in search URLs is a bit much. I'm not saying we should never expose internal implementation details to users in URLs, but that salted hash(?) is just garbage to over 99% of users. At minimum, we can probably shorten the hash. But ideally we'd find a way to eliminate the URL parameter, I think.
Comment 1 Bartosz Dziewoński 2014-07-29 23:48:02 UTC 
This has a pending patch: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/144180/
Comment 2 Gerrit Notification Bot 2014-07-29 23:49:04 UTC 
Change 144180 had a related patch set uploaded by Nemo bis:
Special:Search: Remove token from URL when saving settings

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/144180
Comment 3 Gerrit Notification Bot 2014-08-18 18:30:11 UTC 
Change 144180 merged by jenkins-bot:
Special:Search: Remove token from URL when saving settings

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/144180
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