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Why cant two Confluence pages have the same name?

Markus
Markus Jan 31, 2020

Confluence is using an internal ID for each page "editpage.action?pageId=193597246" anyway so why cant we have Confluence pages with the same name?

 

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Thomas Schlegel
Thomas Schlegel Community Leader Jan 31, 2020

Hi @Markus ,

you can read a lot about this here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CONFSERVER-2524

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Markus
Markus Feb 03, 2020

Very interesting, thanks.

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Nic Brough _Adaptavist_
Nic Brough _Adaptavist_ Community Leader Jan 31, 2020

Because the structure of a space is flat, and you need, and should have, unique names for objects within it.

Oh, and Atlassian have worked with places where you ask things like "show me the definitive page about penguins" and the response is

  • Penguin
  • Penguin
  • Penguin

Which one of those three is the definitive one?

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