You're 100% correct. However, since the functionality is lacking I would use this as a workaround for SEO.
On Aug 30, 3:37 pm, Kevin <extemporalgen...@gmail.com> wrote: > That last point of yours is why I feel the way I do: the slug is > redundant. Then again, I'm not the kind of programmer to put SEO > ahead of cleanliness. > > For example, if the original URL were: > > http://myblog.com/articles/5/net-neutrality-and-you > > Then I'd expect the following URL to fail: > > http://myblog.com/articles/5/nothing-here > > (However, it would return a 200 status code with the same article). > > As a user, I would find that surprising, and as a user, I never want > to be surprised.
