On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:17:25AM +0200, Avi Rosenschein wrote:
> 
> Why is there a difference between
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&blredirect&bllimit=100&blnamespace=0&blfilterredir=redirects&bltitle=Plural,
> where the problematic backlinks are not marked separately, and
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=backlinks&blredirect&bllimit=100&blnamespace=0&blfilterredir=redirects&bltitle=Ticker%20symbol,
> where they seem to be included under a <redirlinks> element?

Everything in the <redirlinks> element in your second query is a link to
a redirect to the bltitle, rather than a direct link to bltitle. For
example, MSFT links to "Stock symbol", which in turn redirects to
"Ticker symbol", so it's displayed in a <redirlinks> element under
"Stock symbol" in the query.

In the first query, everything returned links directly so <redirlinks>
is not needed.

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