Wikipedia talk:URL Shortener

Link or button on every page

It would be great if every page had a link or button to copy or create a short URL, especially in Mobile view.

BPJ (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 11:13, 20 April 2020 (UTC)

what about LL.wiki ?

Hi @Pigsonthewing and others, what ever happened to en.wiki, fr.wiki, &c? I believe we have all of those registered to the WMF with the intention that they be used in place of "en-wp.org" here. It would be great if those [still] worked, as well! – SJ + 03:25, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Blocked users

I find it very annoying that blocked users can't use this feature, especially when they are requested to provide links to evidences, this is pure gatekeeping level stuff. - - Cipher Nox (talk) 16:16, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

Can you please explain how short URLs to wikipedia pages assist with providing links to "evidence"? How can a wikipedia page be evidence for anything on wikipedia? cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 19:12, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

I am not referring to the the academic sense, I am talking about links that are still required as references, context, diffs, policies, prior discussions, and reproducibility. Short URLs help with that. Blocking users from generating short URLs while still expecting them to provide links creates unnecessary friction and yes, gatekeeping. The feature does not even grant extra editorial power or bypass restrictions so I don't get it. - - Cipher Nox (talk) 20:06, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

As an example to explain it more, let's say I am blocked on a certain wiki, I want a short url for a discussion there, you can't, it tells you you're blocked, BUT, you visit any other wiki where you're not blocked, and use the "Get shortened URL" you replace it with the link of the discussion from that wiki of which you're blocked on and it works, so therefore it's just an annoying way to tell a blocked user "you want a short url? go and do it somewhere else". - - Cipher Nox (talk) 20:15, 2 January 2026 (UTC)