User talk:The Master of Hedgehogs/Archive 3

New namespace[edit]

Regarding this comment: I'm not sure you've thought through the implications changing WP: from a shortcut to the Wikipedia: namespace to a shortcut to a different namespace. I also suspect you will get a lot of negative feedback for proposing a new namespace purely based on personal aesthetic appeal. Note that Wikipedia:Chess already redirects to the corresponding WikiProject page, and Project is already an alias for the Wikipedia namespace, so there isn't much additional advantage gained. isaacl (talk) 20:16, 16 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I never said that WP:CHESS would be changed from Wikipedia:CHESS to WikiProject:CHESS. Also, the Project: namespace redirects you to the project's namespace. For example, on Wiktionary, going to Project:Foo would take you to Wiktionary:Foo. - The

Master of

Hedgehogs

^{(always up for a conversation!)} 17:24, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't really know what you mean by the first sentence. In your village pump posting, you seemed to be proposing that a WP: prefix be used as a redirect to your new proposed WikiProject: namespace. This would affect all the WP: redirects, which are handled by the MediaWiki software. Regarding the second sentence, was your proposal intending to affect all WMF sites? I don't think the concept of WikiProjects is applicable to all of them. Getting a new default namespace in the MediaWiki software will need a more rigourous case to be made for its utility. isaacl (talk) 18:50, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

To quote the post:

"Maybe the shortcut could still be WP: because WikiProject and WikiPedia share the letters W and P?"

I said that the shortcut could still be used for both. Maybe I needed to clarify that? - The

Master of

Hedgehogs

^{(always up for a conversation!)} 16:09, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I understood your proposal. But this doesn't relate to your first sentence, and it would affect how MediaWiki needs to process any WP: prefix, since it can't tell until it does the processing what the intended destination is. isaacl (talk) 18:30, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Cross-namespace redirects? - The

Master of

Hedgehogs

^{(always up for a conversation!)} 18:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you're asking. isaacl (talk) 18:32, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wasn't intended to be a question. Just being confused about whether or not cross-namespace redirects would work. - The

Master of

Hedgehogs

^{(always up for a conversation!)} 18:34, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Work for what? If you're just asking yourself rhetorically, though, good to know. isaacl (talk) 18:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

"Wikipedia:BADHOUSE" listed at Redirects for discussion[edit]

The redirect Wikipedia:BADHOUSE has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Anyone, including you, is welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 February 17 § Wikipedia:BADHOUSE until a consensus is reached. Chris Troutman (talk) 14:44, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Your signature[edit]

Hi! Per WP:SIGIMAGE, could you please remove the images from your signature? — The Earwig (talk) 21:41, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, there we go! - Master of Hedgehogs ^(converse) ^{(hate that hedgehog!)} 01:41, 19 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]