Magnus Manske wrote:
> Before I put it on bugzilla, maybe someone can explain this:
> 
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Anatole_France
> 
> has a link to
> 
> http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL91522A
> 
> in the "External links" section, via {{OL_author|id=OL91522A}}
> 
> 
> However, on
> 
> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/api.php?action=query&prop=extlinks
> &ellimit=500&titles=Anatole_France
> 
> there is no sign of that link. Neither is it in the toolserver mirror
> database.
> 
> I tried action=purge, to no avail.
> 
> 
> Is there some template substitution magick at play, is it a stray
> one-off thing, or a real bug?

It's not using external link syntax, it's using interwiki link syntax:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=409877314&action=edit>.

I can't remember if interwiki links are now stored/tracked, but if so,
that's where you'd find this link.

MZMcBride



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