[Mediawiki-l] Problem with custom namespace: Using special characters

[Eric K]

Sorry I made a typo: they asked us to use & for & (not $amp;, which was the typo I made). The directions for using & can be found here:
  http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Custom_namespaces
  So that would be Me&You
   
  I've tried filling in the name as [[MediaWiki:Nstab-Me&You]], but it didnt work. In summary again, when defining the namespace in the following way:
  Me&You - it comes out OK everywhere except the database table (mw_page) puts the namespace number as 0 (and not as 100+ as it should be)
  Me&You: works ok everywhere, except the "article" tab comes out messed up the N-stab stuff.
   
  thanks!
  Eric
   
   
  

Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:
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Eric K wrote:
> I want to have a namespace which has an ampersand in it e.g.
> "Me&You".

That _should_ work, but hasn't been tested.

> I've followed the directions for $wgExtraNamespaces which
> ask to use $amp; for &,

Any such direction is *wildly* incorrect and has no basis in fact.
Definitely do not do that, as it will *not* work.

Please let us know where you found these directions so they may be
corrected.

> I can get this to work if I use just the & as it is, but the main
> "article" tab comes messed up. It shows this: 
> "<nstab-Me&You>" instead of "article"

I think this is due to a bug in wfEmptyMsg().

To work around, try filling in the name in [[MediaWiki:Nstab-Me&You]].

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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