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%2…
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