diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
         subject = truncate(subject, :length => options[:truncate])
       end
     end
-    s = link_to "#{issue.tracker} ##{issue.id}", {:controller => "issues", :action => "show", :id => issue}, 
+    s = link_to "#{issue.tracker} ##{issue.id}", {:controller => "issues", :action => "show", :id => issue.id_titled},
                                                  :class => issue.css_classes,
                                                  :title => title
     s << ": #{h subject}" if subject
@@ -586,7 +600,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
                                                                 :controller => 'messages',
                                                                 :action => 'show',
                                                                 :board_id => message.board,
-                                                                :id => message.root,
+                                                                :id => message.id_titled,
                                                                 :anchor => (message.parent ? "message-#{message.id}" : nil)},
                                                  :class => 'message'
             end
diff --git a/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb b/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
--- a/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/messages_helper.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ module MessagesHelper
     link_to h(truncate(message.subject, :length => 60)), :controller => 'messages',
                                            :action => 'show',
                                            :board_id => message.board_id,
-                                           :id => message.root,
+                                           :id => message.id_titled,
                                            :r => (message.parent_id && message.id),
                                            :anchor => (message.parent_id ? "message-#{message.id}" : nil)
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/queries_helper.rb b/app/helpers/queries_helper.rb
--- a/app/helpers/queries_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/queries_helper.rb
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module QueriesHelper
     case value.class.name
     when 'String'
       if column.name == :subject
-        link_to(h(value), :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue)
+        link_to(h(value), :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue.id_titled)
       else
         h(value)
       end
diff --git a/app/models/issue.rb b/app/models/issue.rb
--- a/app/models/issue.rb
+++ b/app/models/issue.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
                      # sort by id so that limited eager loading doesn't break with postgresql
                      :order_column => "#{table_name}.id"
   acts_as_event :title => Proc.new {|o| "#{o.tracker.name} ##{o.id} (#{o.status}): #{o.subject}"},
-                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => o.id}},
+                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => o.id_titled }},
                 :type => Proc.new {|o| 'issue' + (o.closed? ? ' closed' : '') }
   
   acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [:project, :author, :tracker]},
@@ -541,6 +541,11 @@ class Issue < ActiveRecord::Base
     end
   end
   
+  def id_titled
+    out = self.id.to_s+"-"+ self.project.name.to_s+"-" +self.subject.gsub(%r{[^0-9a-zA-Z_]+},'-')
+    out
+  end
+
   def parent_issue_id
     if instance_variable_defined? :@parent_issue
       @parent_issue.nil? ? nil : @parent_issue.id
diff --git a/app/models/journal.rb b/app/models/journal.rb
--- a/app/models/journal.rb
+++ b/app/models/journal.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Journal < ActiveRecord::Base
                 :description => :notes,
                 :author => :user,
                 :type => Proc.new {|o| (s = o.new_status) ? (s.is_closed? ? 'issue-closed' : 'issue-edit') : 'issue-note' },
-                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => o.issue.id, :anchor => "change-#{o.id}"}}
+                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => o.issue.id_titled, :anchor => "change-#{o.id}"}}
 
   acts_as_activity_provider :type => 'issues',
                             :permission => :view_issues,
diff --git a/app/models/message.rb b/app/models/message.rb
--- a/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/app/models/message.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_event :title => Proc.new {|o| "#{o.board.name}: #{o.subject}"},
                 :description => :content,
                 :type => Proc.new {|o| o.parent_id.nil? ? 'message' : 'reply'},
-                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => o.board_id}.merge(o.parent_id.nil? ? {:id => o.id} : 
+                :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => o.board_id}.merge(o.parent_id.nil? ? {:id => o.id_titled} : 
                                                                                                                                        {:id => o.parent_id, :r => o.id, :anchor => "message-#{o.id}"})}
 
   acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [{:board => :project}, :author]},
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
     usr && usr.logged? && (usr.allowed_to?(:delete_messages, project) || (self.author == usr && usr.allowed_to?(:delete_own_messages, project)))
   end
   
+  def id_titled
+    out = self.id.to_s+"-"+ self.project.name.to_s+"-" +self.subject.gsub(%r{[^0-9a-zA-Z_]+},'-')
+    out
+  end
+
   private
   
   def add_author_as_watcher
diff --git a/app/models/news.rb b/app/models/news.rb
--- a/app/models/news.rb
+++ b/app/models/news.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class News < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_length_of :summary, :maximum => 255
 
   acts_as_searchable :columns => ['title', 'summary', "#{table_name}.description"], :include => :project
-  acts_as_event :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => o.id}}
+  acts_as_event :url => Proc.new {|o| {:controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => o.id_titled}}
   acts_as_activity_provider :find_options => {:include => [:project, :author]},
                             :author_key => :author_id
   
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ class News < ActiveRecord::Base
   def self.latest(user = User.current, count = 5)
     find(:all, :limit => count, :conditions => Project.allowed_to_condition(user, :view_news), :include => [ :author, :project ], :order => "#{News.table_name}.created_on DESC")	
   end
+
+  def id_titled
+    out = self.id.to_s+"-"+ self.project.name.to_s+"-" +self.title.gsub(%r{[^0-9a-zA-Z_]+},'-')
+    out
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/boards/show.rhtml b/app/views/boards/show.rhtml
--- a/app/views/boards/show.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/boards/show.rhtml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
   <tbody>
   <% @topics.each do |topic| %>
     <tr class="message <%= cycle 'odd', 'even' %> <%= topic.sticky? ? 'sticky' : '' %> <%= topic.locked? ? 'locked' : '' %>">
-      <td class="subject"><%= link_to h(topic.subject), { :controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => @board, :id => topic } %></td>
+      <td class="subject"><%= link_to h(topic.subject), { :controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => @board, :id => topic.id_titled } %></td>
       <td class="author" align="center"><%= topic.author %></td>
       <td class="created_on" align="center"><%= format_time(topic.created_on) %></td>
       <td class="replies" align="center"><%= topic.replies_count %></td>
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_list.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_list.rhtml
--- a/app/views/issues/_list.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_list.rhtml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   <% end %>
 	<tr id="issue-<%= issue.id %>" class="hascontextmenu <%= cycle('odd', 'even') %> <%= issue.css_classes %> <%= level > 0 ? "idnt idnt-#{level}" : nil %>">
 	    <td class="checkbox"><%= check_box_tag("ids[]", issue.id, false, :id => nil) %></td>
-		<td class="id"><%= link_to issue.id, :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue %></td>
+		<td class="id"><%= link_to issue.id, :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue.id_titled %></td>
         <% query.columns.each do |column| %><%= content_tag 'td', column_content(column, issue), :class => column.name %><% end %>
 	</tr>
 	<% end -%>
diff --git a/app/views/issues/_list_simple.rhtml b/app/views/issues/_list_simple.rhtml
--- a/app/views/issues/_list_simple.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/issues/_list_simple.rhtml
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 		<tr id="issue-<%= issue.id %>" class="hascontextmenu <%= cycle('odd', 'even') %> <%= issue.css_classes %>">
 			<td class="id">
 			  <%= check_box_tag("ids[]", issue.id, false, :style => 'display:none;') %>
-				<%= link_to issue.id, :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue %>
+				<%= link_to issue.id, :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue.id_titled %>
 			</td>
 			<td class="project"><%= link_to(h(issue.project), :controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => issue.project) %></td>
 			<td class="tracker"><%=h issue.tracker %></td>
 			<td class="subject">
-        <%= link_to h(truncate(issue.subject, :length => 60)), :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue %> (<%=h issue.status %>)
+        <%= link_to h(truncate(issue.subject, :length => 60)), :controller => 'issues', :action => 'show', :id => issue.id_titled %> (<%=h issue.status %>)
       </td>
 		</tr>
 		<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/issues/changes.rxml b/app/views/issues/changes.rxml
--- a/app/views/issues/changes.rxml
+++ b/app/views/issues/changes.rxml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ xml.feed "xmlns" => "http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" do
     issue = change.issue
     xml.entry do
       xml.title   "#{issue.project.name} - #{issue.tracker.name} ##{issue.id}: #{issue.subject}"
-      xml.link    "rel" => "alternate", "href" => url_for(:controller => 'issues' , :action => 'show', :id => issue, :only_path => false)
+      xml.link    "rel" => "alternate", "href" => url_for(:controller => 'issues' , :action => 'show', :id => issue.id_titled, :only_path => false)
       xml.id      url_for(:controller => 'issues' , :action => 'show', :id => issue, :journal_id => change, :only_path => false)
       xml.updated change.created_on.xmlschema
       xml.author do
diff --git a/app/views/messages/show.rhtml b/app/views/messages/show.rhtml
--- a/app/views/messages/show.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/messages/show.rhtml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     </div>
   <h4>
   	<%= avatar(message.author, :size => "24") %>
-    <%= link_to h(message.subject), { :controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => @board, :id => @topic, :anchor => "message-#{message.id}" } %>
+    <%= link_to h(message.subject), { :controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => @board, :id => @topic.id_titled, :anchor => "message-#{message.id}" } %>
     -
     <%= authoring message.created_on, message.author %>
   </h4>
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 <% if !@topic.locked? && authorize_for('messages', 'reply') %>
 <p><%= toggle_link l(:button_reply), "reply", :focus => 'message_content' %></p>
 <div id="reply" style="display:none;">
-<% form_for :reply, @reply, :url => {:action => 'reply', :id => @topic}, :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'message-form'} do |f| %>
+<% form_for :reply, @reply, :url => {:action => 'reply', :id => @topic.id_titled}, :html => {:multipart => true, :id => 'message-form'} do |f| %>
   <%= render :partial => 'form', :locals => {:f => f, :replying => true} %>
   <%= submit_tag l(:button_submit) %>
   <%= link_to_remote l(:label_preview), 
diff --git a/app/views/news/_news.rhtml b/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
--- a/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/news/_news.rhtml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <p><%= link_to(h(news.project.name), :controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => news.project) + ': ' unless @project %>
-<%= link_to h(news.title), :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news %>
+<%= link_to h(news.title), :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news.id_titled %>
 <%= "(#{l(:label_x_comments, :count => news.comments_count)})" if news.comments_count > 0 %>
 <br />
 <% unless news.summary.blank? %><span class="summary"><%=h news.summary %></span><br /><% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/news/index.rhtml b/app/views/news/index.rhtml
--- a/app/views/news/index.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/news/index.rhtml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 <% else %>
 <% @newss.each do |news| %>
     <h3><%= link_to(h(news.project.name), :controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => news.project) + ': ' unless news.project == @project %>
-    <%= link_to h(news.title), :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news %>
+    <%= link_to h(news.title), :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news.id_titled %>
     <%= "(#{l(:label_x_comments, :count => news.comments_count)})" if news.comments_count > 0 %></h3>
     <p class="author"><%= authoring news.created_on, news.author %></p>
     <div class="wiki">
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   
   map.connect 'time_entries/:id/edit', :action => 'edit', :controller => 'timelog'
   map.connect 'projects/:project_id/time_entries/new', :action => 'edit', :controller => 'timelog'
-  map.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/:issue_id/time_entries/new', :action => 'edit', :controller => 'timelog'
+  map.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/:issue_id:ignore/time_entries/new', :action => 'edit', :controller => 'timelog', :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
   
   map.with_options :controller => 'timelog' do |timelog|
     timelog.connect 'projects/:project_id/time_entries', :action => 'details'
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
     timelog.with_options :action => 'details', :conditions => {:method => :get}  do |time_details|
       time_details.connect 'time_entries'
       time_details.connect 'time_entries.:format'
-      time_details.connect 'issues/:issue_id/time_entries'
-      time_details.connect 'issues/:issue_id/time_entries.:format'
+      time_details.connect 'issues/:issue_id:ignore/time_entries', :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      time_details.connect 'issues/:issue_id:ignore/time_entries.:format', :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
       time_details.connect 'projects/:project_id/time_entries.:format'
       time_details.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/:issue_id/time_entries'
       time_details.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/:issue_id/time_entries.:format'
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
     end
 
     timelog.with_options :action => 'edit', :conditions => {:method => :get} do |time_edit|
-      time_edit.connect 'issues/:issue_id/time_entries/new'
+      time_edit.connect 'issues/:issue_id:ignore/time_entries/new', :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
       
     timelog.connect 'time_entries/:id/destroy', :action => 'destroy', :conditions => {:method => :post}
@@ -66,13 +66,13 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   map.with_options :controller => 'messages' do |messages_routes|
     messages_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :get} do |messages_views|
       messages_views.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/new', :action => 'new'
-      messages_views.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id', :action => 'show'
-      messages_views.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id/edit', :action => 'edit'
+      messages_views.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id:ignore', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      messages_views.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id:ignore/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
     messages_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :post} do |messages_actions|
       messages_actions.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/new', :action => 'new'
-      messages_actions.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id/replies', :action => 'reply'
-      messages_actions.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id/:action', :action => /edit|destroy/
+      messages_actions.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id:ignore/replies', :action => 'reply', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      messages_actions.connect 'boards/:board_id/topics/:id:ignore/:action', :action => /edit|destroy/, :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
   end
   
@@ -80,13 +80,13 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
     board_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :get} do |board_views|
       board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards', :action => 'index'
       board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/new', :action => 'new'
-      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id', :action => 'show'
-      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id.:format', :action => 'show'
-      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id/edit', :action => 'edit'
+      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id:ignore', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id:ignore.:format', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      board_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id:ignore/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
     board_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :post} do |board_actions|
       board_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards', :action => 'new'
-      board_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id/:action', :action => /edit|destroy/
+      board_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/boards/:id:ignore/:action', :action => /edit|destroy/, :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
   end
   
@@ -113,18 +113,18 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
       issues_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/gantt', :controller => 'gantts', :action => 'show'
       issues_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/calendar', :controller => 'calendars', :action => 'show'
       issues_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/:copy_from/copy', :action => 'new'
-      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/
-      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id.:format', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/
-      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/
-      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id/move', :action => 'move', :id => /\d+/
+      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id:ignore', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id:ignore.:format', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id:ignore/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      issues_views.connect 'issues/:id:ignore/move', :action => 'move', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
     issues_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :post} do |issues_actions|
       issues_actions.connect 'issues', :action => 'index'
       issues_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues', :action => 'create'
       issues_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/gantt', :controller => 'gantts', :action => 'show'
       issues_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/issues/calendar', :controller => 'calendars', :action => 'show'
-      issues_actions.connect 'issues/:id/quoted', :action => 'reply', :id => /\d+/
-      issues_actions.connect 'issues/:id/:action', :action => /edit|move|destroy/, :id => /\d+/
+      issues_actions.connect 'issues/:id/quoted', :action => 'reply', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      issues_actions.connect 'issues/:id/:action', :action => /edit|move|destroy/, :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
       issues_actions.connect 'issues.:format', :action => 'create', :format => /xml/
     end
     issues_routes.with_options :conditions => {:method => :put} do |issues_actions|
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   end
   
   map.with_options  :controller => 'issue_relations', :conditions => {:method => :post} do |relations|
-    relations.connect 'issues/:issue_id/relations/:id', :action => 'new'
-    relations.connect 'issues/:issue_id/relations/:id/destroy', :action => 'destroy'
+    relations.connect 'issues/:issue_id:ignore/relations/:id:ignore2', :action => 'new', :id => /\d+/, :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/, :ignore2 => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+    relations.connect 'issues/:issue_id:ignore/relations/:id:ignore2/destroy', :action => 'destroy', :id => /\d+/, :issue_id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/, :ignore2 => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
   end
   
   map.with_options :controller => 'reports', :conditions => {:method => :get} do |reports|
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
       news_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/news.:format', :action => 'index'
       news_views.connect 'news.:format', :action => 'index'
       news_views.connect 'projects/:project_id/news/new', :action => 'new'
-      news_views.connect 'news/:id', :action => 'show'
-      news_views.connect 'news/:id/edit', :action => 'edit'
+      news_views.connect 'news/:id:ignore', :action => 'show', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      news_views.connect 'news/:id:ignore/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
     news_routes.with_options do |news_actions|
       news_actions.connect 'projects/:project_id/news', :action => 'new'
-      news_actions.connect 'news/:id/edit', :action => 'edit'
-      news_actions.connect 'news/:id/destroy', :action => 'destroy'
+      news_actions.connect 'news/:id:ignore/edit', :action => 'edit', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
+      news_actions.connect 'news/:id:ignore/destroy', :action => 'destroy', :id => /\d+/, :ignore => /(-[a-zA-Z0-9_]+)?/
     end
   end