[07:44:08] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> Welp, I figured out exactly why people should not install MediaWiki in site root (kinda knew on some level it shouldn't be done because is there when RTFM, and I no desire to try). This was done on our independent wiki long ago though, before we took it over. We were going to remedy the issue today while upgrading and give it proper folder structure... so we thought. Except MediaWiki is not designed to handle 
[07:44:09] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> 
[07:44:10] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> To top it off, after hours of searching (again) finally stumbled onto the page the past owner clearly went used as instructions to do it and saw in nice bold warning not to do it, followed by several examples of why NOT to do it... Did that stop him? Nooooooooo. Ended up reverting my upgrade plans for now, so I can fantasize about smacking him repeatedly.
[07:44:16] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> All to what, shave off a few characters from a URL? 🙄 Why? Why does a few characters even matter?
[07:45:56] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> So much is explained by this, I'm going to be smh for a while.
[08:02:09] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> *because it isn't there when RTFM, and I had no desire to try.
[08:06:47] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> I have option to fix it but am too mad to lol.
[08:06:57] <mhbridgebot>	 [discord] <FrozenPlum> *options