MediaWiki talk:Interwiki map


 * See also Help talk:Interwiki link

ABCs and the Interwiki tag
Any program available to reorganize the list into alphabetical order? Would there be a problem if one day, someone, such as myself, decided to go through and alphabetize it? Or better, to add a column to the "Description pages" for each wiki, like Mozilla Community, and show off the "Interwiki tag"? --Me at work 06:15, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)


 * Please don't add a column. There's a script which applies this to the database, but it needs to be in this format for that to work. I don't think alphabetising it would cause any problems. Angela 15:05, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)
 * Err, I didn't mean it like that. It was early.  I meant to add a line, such as 'Founder:' and 'URL:' are, to each individual wiki's description page. --Me at work 16:50, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)
 * Oh I see. Sorry, I misread your comment. That sounds a good idea, but I'll wait until bug 60 is fixed and the links are actually working since it'll only cause confusion if we're claiming these are interwiki links when they have no effect. Angela 18:20, 27 Jan 2005 (PST)

Cache interwiki
Do we need a Google cache interwiki link? At Wikipedia, the GNAA was using that to redirect users to LastMeasure... – Jellochuu! 09:14, 30 Jan 2005 (PST)
 * No, I've removed it now. Angela 11:10, 30 Jan 2005 (PST)

So links don't break
links to Mozilla:Main Page didn't work to begin with, so if you remove mozilla from the interwiki map and replace it with mozcom (i dont want mozilla as that should be wiki.mozilla.org with the thing called logic) then you break no links, as they weren't formed... right? --Me at work 06:00, 3 Feb 2005 (PST)

Errors
I think you might have made an error with the last two interwikis (CPP and Blogsome). – Jello 21:49, 9 Feb 2005 (GMT)


 * Thanks. Blogsome was wrong because I copied the one from cpp. Cpp isn't wrong though - it's a special case since cpp is not a wiki, but a portal. The correct interwikis are en.cpp: and pl.cpp:. cpp: is just there in case people link to it accidentally, but it will always go to the main page of the portal. Angela 22:24, 9 Feb 2005 (GMT)


 * Hrm. I know Wikipedia has things like Hi which redirects you properly, but i guess thats because fr: is some special thing on wikipedia itself.  I suppose, and this is just supposin', but you could set it up to show up a page


 * This page does not exist on the cpp portal. (like on wikipedia)  Maybe you'd like to try to find this page on the English, whatever, or whatever cpp wikis?


 * I don't know if it's terribly feasable but it sounds like an interesting idea to me. --Me at work 01:45, 10 Feb 2005 (GMT)


 * People should not be linking to cpp, so I don't think adding in a search for whether the title exists in English or Polish would ne needed. If they accidentally go there, they can use the search boxes on that portal and find the correct language version. Angela 13:25, 10 Feb 2005 (GMT)


 * interwiki howto: isn't working. — Danielwang 07:16, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * interwiki constitution: isn't working — Danielwang 19:41, 28 Jun 2005 (UTC)

IB Wiki
--Chlewey 03:16, 18 Feb 2005 (GMT)


 * Done. Angela 14:23, 18 Feb 2005 (GMT)

add MozillaWiki and MozillaZineKB
which are currently in meta's list, so ctrl + f them. thanks (i'm on a laptop and it sucks for typing) --Tom talk/Bliki 20:04, 25 Mar 2005 (EST)


 * I've now updated the page from meta (after fixing 5 broken links there). I've not included the wikis which are currently inaccessible. I've also not copied over some duplicates of an esperanto wiki since they seemed to be including too many variations for no reason. I've not included Wikinations because they ought to bug Erik to give them proper interlanguage redirects rather than needing all of their languages included. I didn't include siliconvalleyinfozone since isn't a wiki. Angela 11:54, 1 Apr 2005 (EST)

Closed Wikicities
Should German Podcasts and Podcasters (also known as Deutsche Podcasts und Podcaster) still have an Interwiki link since the Wikicity has been closed.


 * No. I've removed it now. Angela 11:55, 1 Apr 2005 (EST)

map update EVERY night?
"Wikicities' current InterWiki map (aka InterMap) ..... is copied from the list below every night."
 * Does it take longer than a day? Everything from GoogleWiki: on down that was added on April 6 still does not work. JWSchmidt 10:35, 9 Apr 2005 (EDT)


 * It's not happening nightly. Maybe weekly? I'll try to get this changed. bug 60. Angela 19:48, 9 Apr 2005 (EDT)

Simple English Wikipedia
Is there a defined Interwiki link for http://simple.wikipedia.org/ ? JWSchmidt 19:41, 27 May 2005 (UTC)


 * Article title will take you there. This works for any language version of Wikipedia (Foo etc) since they have automatic redirects set up, in the same way that Wikicities:c:rls:Article will redirect you to the RLS Wikicity if you use that link anywhere other than the central Wikicity. Angela (talk) 01:52, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikicities:

 * Nope, Wikicities:c:rls:Article or even Main Page come up red if tried in Uncyclopedia. One can link to Wikipedia articles using the Interwiki map but not to the central Wikicity. --Carlb 14:32, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Uncyclopedia has never used this interwiki map. I'll try to get this fixed. Angela (talk) 13:20, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

No more Wikicity interwikis
Since we have the automatic redirects like " Wikicities:c:events " which link to the events Wikicity from any Wikicity (except central) and from other wikis, like Wikipedia, I don't think adding individual wikis here is useful. It's often confusing or complicated where a wiki name conflicts with an existing interwiki link (linux: and are not Wikicities), where a wiki changes name (smarteam: still has to link to cm: just in case anyone used it while it was called smarteam), and where a wiki moves (games: is no longer a link to gameinfo because gameinfo was moved from games: to gameinfo:).

Having so many interwikis also prevents many page titles. Events:Wikicity meetup can never be a page on this wiki because it is a link to the Events Wikicity. Luckily, the interwiki for the blogging Wikicity was BloggingWiki:, not blog:, since that would prevent us having pages like blog:home.

Therefore, I suggest relying on the redirect instead of an interwiki. Unlike an interwiki, a redirect will always work (if we move a wiki, the URL will redirect, or the new wiki will link to the old one) and it is always obvious which word to use (since the redirect word is the same as the subdomain name, unlike the interwiki).

In case links have been used, we should continue to support the interwikis currently listed, but new ones need not be added. All new wikis should only be linked using  Wikicities:c:wikiname:article name  from everywhere but central. From central, you need to use the shortcut "w" instead. eg:w:c:events:foo links to the page "foo" on the w:c:events: wiki. Angela (talk) 13:20, 10 Jul 2005 (UTC)

These ones have the old style interwiki link, but it never worked: Strategic Vision, Namibia, Infinite Worlds, SolidWorks, Sebago Lake, Enterprise Resource Planning, Pipe Organs, UMA投込み寺, Bomberman, Minangkabau, Atheism, London, Ontario, Kansas City, Last Exile, Golf, PDF, Bhutan, Media Arts, IGN Boards History, Engineering, CheatBase, World of Warcraft, Academia, Audio Recording, Philosophy, Grand Theft Auto, Tierras de penumbra, D20 NPC, Tron Universe, Internet Heroes, Warhammer 40k, P2P, OGame, Endurance, Celiac, Hexenzirkel, Harry Potter, Webtoons, Guitar, Riyadh, Tucson, Night's Dawn, TV, National Writing Project, Turtledove, HTPC