"BV" == Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org writes:
BV> On 3/18/09 12:44 PM, jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
I think https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18022 (Special:Import will eat all ampersands!) is a serious bug that deserves more attention (than I can give today).
BV> This is a combination of bugs in the particular versions of PHP and BV> libxml2 you have installed, and has been fixed in the most recent BV> versions of those libraries.
BV> See https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16554
OK, I added to that bug:
I would issue an announcement:
"If you have used Special:Import, ...., ...., since approximately ..... please check your imported pages for subtle corruptions, e.g., < Please see my [http://example.com/index.php?title=Resume&uselang=en resume]
Please see my [http://example.com/index.php?title=Resumeuselang=en resume]
Unnoticed, there corruptions may become entangled in later edits, making repair even more frustrating. Users are advised to upgrade to MediaWiki 1.14.xx, 1.13.yy,.. The new versions of Special:Import,... contain a test that will terminate with an error message: The following faulty libraries out of MediaWiki's control and must be updated first to avoid data corruption: ..."
I hope I'm not overdoing it, but subtle data corruption is one of the most insidious bugs.