Previously, it was possible to access the api via urls like:
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php/Some_text_here?action=query&titles=les=...
*
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php/ (Plus some POST data)
etc.
Due to a security issue in certain browsers, we are no longer allowing
any text to be between "api.php" and the ?. If anything is there you
will get a 301 redirect to the url with the extraneous text removed.
Hopefully this doesn't cause any inconvenience to anyone.
Sincerely,
Brian Wolff