https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29497

--- Comment #6 from Roan Kattouw <[email protected]> 2011-09-28 14:55:03 
UTC ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > For documents in general, that's a bit more fragile; when we use
> > protocol-relative links we're saying "we know FOR SURE that both this site 
> > and
> > the other site we're talking about are available on both http and https, and
> > that the correct thing to do is to send you to the same protocol on the 
> > other
> > site".
> There are sites we know for sure: our own. In the situation as it is, you will
> have to use [//wikipedia.org //wikipedia.org] instead of just //wikipedia.org.
[snip]
> This is worse, and explizitly the fullurl:-thing will break a lot. So I think,
> at least for our own domain(s) we have to enable un-bracketed links.
> 
Yes, using {{fullurl:}} to produce a clean link doesn't work any more. This is
known and deliberate.

> > IMO that's a bit flaky -- folks are probably more likely to accidentally 
> > put in
> > a link that doesn't actually work in one mode or the other without testing 
> > it
> > correctly -- but it might be a necessary evil.
> 
> And I'd say it is necessary. Allowing only for spezific domains (settable in
> config?) would make it more complex than it must be. wgUrlProtocols (the js
> variable) would need to provide the domains for which protocol and which link
> syntax will work. Urghh. I think it is much cleaner to allow every site, even
> if there may happen accidents.
We do allow every site, where are you getting this idea that we're not?

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