> On 1 Jul 2024, at 13:09, Joel Jacobson <j...@compiler.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024, at 09:35, Daniel Gustafsson wrote: >> Avoding redirects is generally a good thing, not everyone is on lightning >> fast >> internet. Wikipedia is however not doing any 30X redirects so it's not >> really >> an issue for those links, it's all 200 requests. > > Yes, I noticed that too when observing the HTTPS traffic, so no issue there, > except that it's a bit annoying that the address bar suddenly changes.
Right, I was unclear, I'm not advocating against changing. It won't move the needle compared to 30X redirects but it also won't hurt. > However, I think David J had another good argument: > > "If we are making wikipedia our authority we might as well use their standard > for naming." It's a moving target, but so is most if not all links. -- Daniel Gustafsson