Am 06.09.2013 15:02, schrieb Denny Vrandečić: > in the case of MediaWiki wikis, I guess http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/** > Technical_University_of_Denmark<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical%20University%20of%20Denmark> > should > be preferred, but that is besides the point. > > Yes, spaces are not escaped. That was intentional, as they are also not > escaped when entering the URL in wiki syntax. Should we behave differently?
I think the API should be strict about that, and apply no "magic": spaces are not valid in URLs. Similarly, a protocol prefix is required. Being strict about this avoids confusing and "overcompensation" (what about % - should it be escaped or not? or maybe sometimes?...) We may want to add escaping of spaces and automatic addition of "http://"; in the UI though. No strong opinion on that. -- daniel _______________________________________________ Wikidata-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata-l
