rewrite in .htaccess

Hi,

I have been attempting to find a solution to a problem I have been having with what should be fairly strightforward. In my .htaccess I wish to put a rewriterule to replace /?page=york with /york. like this:

RewriteRule ^//?page=york$ /york

but this, and many variants failed to work, i.e. would still show the matched url

am i doing something silly here?

re: rewrite in .htaccess

Please see this thread.