Forum:Suffixindex or postfixindex search?

Would anyone be interested in a Special:PostfixIndex or Special:SuffixIndex ? I would like to request that Wikia develop a second index the opposite of Special:PrefixIndex, that indexes by the end of a page name.

I know that the people at Wiktionary once requested to WikiMedia that such an index be added, and were refused because the developers at the WikiMedia Foundation didn't want a second index.

ForestMonthZero 08:51, January 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * Not sure if it's worth the resources and the effort, considering that a similar list can be generated with the use of an already existing extension (DPL) and the demand for such a tool seems rather low - it's the first time I've heard such a request on Wikia. — Sovq 10:52, January 4, 2012 (UTC)


 * DPL doesn't really do it, since you need to create a page to create a specific query, and each time you need to create a new page by wiping the old one or making a new on. And DPL has to be active on the wiki. If this request were rolled out Wikia-wide, it'd be much less of a load on the servers than a DPL request, especially, since the equivalent DPL request is a regexp match on the tail of a page title, which without having an index for tail first, just adds processing load. It should reduce the load of some DPL requests, if DPL can access the new index as well. ForestMonthZero 08:32, January 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Seeing as, at least in my opinion, the need to filter articles by suffixes is rather uncommon, the DPL extension should be sufficient enough for these rare cases where it can be useful. I'm not saying to enable it Wikia-wide or that it's the best solution, I'm just saying that it is possible to generate such lists using the current extension setup. — Sovq 09:38, January 5, 2012 (UTC)