Grants:IdeaLab/Add Latinized url for non-latin alphabet languages
Project idea edit
What is the problem you're trying to solve? edit
When you copy the URL of article with cyrylic letters you receive next abrakadabra in URL
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B0 or https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%96
So you can not understad what this link is about or is it worth to open it.
What is your solution? edit
I propose to have additional link in menu - "Get Latinized URL of article" under this link you will have transliterated to latin alphabet URL of article.
And those two URLs will be copied and pasted like this https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrayina
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_Yonaguni
Now it is obvious what the URL is about. It this case even for non-ukrainian speakers.
Project goals edit
- Have additional link in menu - "Get Latinized URL of article"
- Have a checkbox in Settings: "Show Latinized URLs of article".
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Endorsements edit
- This would be helpful to determine where one is going when clicking a particular link. Mathmensch (talk) 19:05, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
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