How to open Wikipedia page by ID in URL?

Question

How I can to get Wikipedia page by its digital identifier transferred in URL?

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Answer 1

For this you can just use a URL like this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=9253

This is the shortest form.

In the string end in parameter curid instead 9253, you need substitute own page ID.

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URL with real full script path and transferred parameter is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9253

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Others URL variations are also possible:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9253
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia?curid=9253
• https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Encyclopedia&curid=9253

Note that MediaWiki CMS ignores the page title if you specify a curid parameter, so even

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FooBar?curid=9253

or

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FooBar&curid=9253

leads to the same page "Encyclopedia".

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Or use "Redirect" special page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Redirect/page/9253

Also, you can specify this manually. For this, go to next special page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Redirect

In field "Lookup" choose "Page ID", and in field "Value" insert page ID and press "Go" button below.