https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55233

Web browser: --- Bug ID: 55233 Summary: Weblinkchecker reports live links as dead Product: Pywikibot Version: unspecified Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: General Assignee: Pywikipedia-bugs@lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: legoktm.wikipedia@gmail.com Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: ---

Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/bugs/1352/ Reported by: hiw Created on: 2011-09-26 22:35:45 Subject: Weblinkchecker reports live links as dead Original description: The weblinkchecker.py reported several web links as dead due to additional braces at the end of the url. - http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:DARC%5C_%5C(Protein%5C)

e.g:

Article: <ref name="pmid19290478">{{cite journal |author=Horne K, Woolley IJ |title=Shedding light on DARC: the role of the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines in inflammation, infection and malignancy |journal=Inflamm. Res. |volume=58 |issue=8 |pages=431–5 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=19290478 |doi=10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9%5C%7D%5C%7D%3C/ref%3E;

Response by pywikipedia on talk page: Dead link found: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9%5C%7D%5C%7D

version.py Pywikipedia [http] trunk/pywikipedia (r9558, 2011/09/25, 20:30:54) Python 2.7.2 (default, Jun 24 2011, 12:21:10) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] config-settings: use_api = True use_api_login = True unicode test: ok

Using Active Python with Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]