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Detect MediaWiki and retrieve Special:AllPages #505

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upintheairsheep opened this issue Apr 4, 2021 · 1 comment
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Detect MediaWiki and retrieve Special:AllPages #505

upintheairsheep opened this issue Apr 4, 2021 · 1 comment

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@upintheairsheep
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If it detects it is a mediawiki wiki, it should go to Special:AllPages

Ex: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Special:AllPages

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In virtually all cases, Special:AllPages can be discovered from the homepage on a recursive crawl. On standard MediaWiki installations, there's a link to Special:SpecialPages in the sidebar, which in turn links to AllPages (among various other things). On heavily modified ones, like Fandom, it can be a bit less obvious, but there is a direct link to AllPages in the right sidebar on the homepage. Over the years, I haven't come across a single wiki where this addition would've been necessary. So I'm not fundamentally opposed to this, but the benefit is marginal to inexistent.

@JustAnotherArchivist JustAnotherArchivist changed the title A domain you all should enjoy. Detect MediaWiki and retrieve Special:AllPages Apr 4, 2021
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