[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17811: Optional /blog/ on multisite installations

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#17811: Optional /blog/ on multisite installations
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 Reporter:  djio                                |       Owner:  djio
     Type:  enhancement                         |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                              |   Milestone:  Awaiting
Component:  General                             |  Review
 Severity:  blocker                             |     Version:  3.2
 Keywords:  needs-patch needs-testing needs-ui  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by nacin):

 Allow me first to reply to the pontificating that the word "blog" is
 "commonly blocked" in any reasonable situation. I wasn't aware that you
 could even navigate the internet without stumbling across that word. So
 allow me to chuckle for a moment on that this company considers itself to
 be in the "professional market." :-)

 That said:

 /blog/ is enforced in subdirectory situations, and has been since the days
 of MU. This is to prevent link collisions from occurring between names of
 sites and the first piece of a permalink on the main site. The subsite
 would win, per how MU is loaded, even though the main site should probably
 win (given that the main site is official, while sub-sites may be
 registered).

 Until we have global permalink collision detection, we're stuck with the
 current solution.

 That said, you're welcome to override it by manually editing the permalink
 structure on the main site. You can remove it or change it to /news/
 without worry.

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