# Removing more English words from common URL paths to improve localization

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873
**Category:** UX
**Created:** [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873 "2018-03-26T12:48:48Z")
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### Author: ![sashailinsky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sashailinsky/32/56795_2.png) [@sashailinsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sashailinsky)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 12:48pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/1 "2018-03-26T12:48:48Z")

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1. /u/ is for Users. /t/ is for Topics. /g/ — for Groups?
2. /u/ — list of Users. /t/ — 404 error ☹
3. /c/ for Categories. /t/ for Topics. May be, /l/ for Labels (tags)?

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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 1:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/2 "2018-03-26T13:28:50Z")

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What’s the issue/question here?

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### Author: ![sashailinsky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sashailinsky/32/56795_2.png) [@sashailinsky](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sashailinsky)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/3 "2018-03-26T13:42:30Z")

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This is an idea of the previous conversation:

> [@Design choice behind /t, /c, and /users](https://meta.discourse.org/t/design-choice-behind-t-c-and-users/55434/7):
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> We need /u/ for /users/ slight_smile

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 10:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/4 "2018-03-26T22:11:53Z")

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I see, @sam asked for a new topic to be created, so it was.

The idea is to stop using english words in the URLs as it is better for localization, plus the URLs can be more compact. e.g.

`https://meta.discourse.org/tags/pr-welcome`  
`https://meta.discourse.org/t/pr-welcome`

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### Author: ![notriddle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/notriddle/32/133055_2.png) [@notriddle](https://meta.discourse.org/u/notriddle)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 10:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/5 "2018-03-26T22:38:07Z")

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What happens if there’s a tag and a topic with the same slug?

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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [26 במרץ,‏ 2018,‏ 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/removing-more-english-words-from-common-url-paths-to-improve-localization/83873/6 "2018-03-26T23:24:49Z")

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That was just an example, not a literal proposal. We’d have to pick some other character.