I should have looked a little harder before posting: This works: http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=xml&list=allpages&apnamespace=14&apprefix=Rept although I'm still curious why the missing pages are in the allcategories search.
Hope this helps somebody else... Karl On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 3:12 AM, Karl Ostmo <[email protected]> wrote: > The following query: > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprefix=Rept > yields a list that contains "Reptil", "Reptile", and "Reptiles". > > I've developed a clientside solution for testing for and traversing the > "soft" category redirects that may show up in the category listing (e.g. > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Reptiles). > > However, the pages "Reptil" and "Reptile" do not even exist. It is > problematic when these entries are presented to the user in the form of > "autocomplete" search suggestions; if the user selects one of these entries, > I could do a test for page existance, but a failed test is disruptive as it > forces the user to make another choice, leaving them to wonder why it was > offered in the first place. > > My current project is making a free game for Android that has users > categorize the images here: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Media_needing_categories > > Karl > -- Code or be coded.
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