ArchWiki short url?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Main_page -> https://wiki.archlinux.org/wiki/Main_page
Advantages & disadvantages
- Advantage: Short URLs hide some technical details from end-users, which can be desirable for site owners. Among other things, this means they can be kept stable when the underlying software changes. (See above for the difference between MediaWiki's default URL structure with CGI enabled vs without.) They are also easier to read, remember, and manipulate for visitors. Additionally, short URLs offer an advantage over the default URLs for w:Search engine optimization, as URLs containing ? can be treated less favorably by search engines when calculating page rank.
- Disadvantage: Requires configuration, so, depending on the hosting environment you are using, it might be difficult to recreate. However, as every widely used webserver is capable of being configured to use short URLs, most paid web hosting services should support this feature. Any host that doesn't offer you this feature is not worth your money.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL/Nginx