[Search wiki] Miniarticle-Linking Is Awkward

Balinny balinny at gmail.com
Sat Feb 2 18:22:38 UTC 2008


Fred Bauder wrote:
> To make a link to say soap one must craft it thus, [[Mini:Soap|soap]].
> That is irritating and awkward to me, but incomprehensible to a first time
> user, as is the other frequent coding, {{k|soap}} which will search for
> soap. {{k}} is short for (and redirected to) Template:Keyword. Simplicity
> in coding is vital; [[subject]] and [external link] are what we should
> present to new users, see Mini:Keep It Simple Stupid
>
> Fred Bauder
>   
IMHO wikia search wiki should support [[keyword:Foo]], which we 
currently do with the {{k}}
template (whoch would still be used). The reason? That syntax is obvious 
while {{k}} is not. And
it's only a row in the interwikilink db.


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