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Can I make all links lowercase using MediaWiki and use hyphen instead of underscore as word separator?

Can I make in MediaWiki links lowercase and use hyphen instead of underscore as word separator?

Sort of what WordPress or other wiki CMSes do.

Solution

  • It is possible to make MediaWiki use dashes instead of underscores to indicate whitespace. wikiHow does it. But it requires a number of edits to the source code, which is usually not advised. Also, there is no guarantee to be without bugs.