The discussion revolves around implementing customizable URL structures for topics in the admin/site_settings, particularly for multilingual communities. Users debate the feasibility and desirability of allowing different slug formats, including Unicode URLs (as used by zh.wikipedia.org since 2002) and options like ‘Same as title’ or ‘English-only’ slugs. fantasticfears proposes adding site settings for slug customization, citing interest from Chinese and Korean communities. winterbox supports this, suggesting options like 분러여-다니습갑반, 분러여-다니습갑반, or emosewa-si-esruocsid/ to accommodate mixed CJK and English content. ben_lubar highlights that while older browsers may not support Unicode URLs, modern ones do, and such URLs can be effective for SEO. codinghorror expresses skepticism, questioning the practicality of the request. The consensus leans toward offering configurable slug options, with the current behavior of sanitizing non-English characters being noted as a baseline.
To me, /t/topic/### is just OK, but maybe there are people who want to use other structure types in my country. Also, giving options seems better, so I create this topic.
