https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15274
Steven Snyder <series8...@hotmail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |series8...@hotmail.com --- Comment #6 from Steven Snyder <series8...@hotmail.com> 2010-10-07 00:06:57 UTC --- I'm having a related problem. I'm trying to use interwiki links on a private wiki to make a request from a database table. The table name has a double underscore in it like: "INVENTORY__MATERIALS_METAL". The interwiki link looks like: [[mydatabase:INVENTORY__MATERIALS_METAL]] but the interwiki input parser removes the double underscore, so it breaks the link. Passing a double underscore to a wiki site doesn't have any ill effects, so why not just let the target site process the link itself? As it is, the documentation (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Interwiki_table) seems to be wrong, since it says "iw_url is the target of the link; the page name is substituted for $1"... but in fact, $1 isn't directly substituted, as it's modified by some parsing code. If the input string were parsed directly, it wouldn't break the existing "meant for wikis" purpose, but would at least be more predictable and perhaps more useful for linking to other sites. On a side note, "interwikis are meant for wikis" isn't documented; the manual just says they're shorthand for long links. Further adding to the confusion is the fact that a MediaWiki install comes by default with interwiki links to sites like google. Is there at least a way to disable the interwiki input string processor so I can get the raw string into my link? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l