Magnus Manske wrote:
Before I put it on bugzilla, maybe someone can explain this:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Anatole_France
has a link to
http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL91522A
in the "External links" section, via {{OL_author|id=OL91522A}}
However, on
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/w/api.php?action=query&prop=ex... &ellimit=500&titles=Anatole_France
there is no sign of that link. Neither is it in the toolserver mirror database.
I tried action=purge, to no avail.
Is there some template substitution magick at play, is it a stray one-off thing, or a real bug?
It's not using external link syntax, it's using interwiki link syntax: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=409877314&action=edit.
I can't remember if interwiki links are now stored/tracked, but if so, that's where you'd find this link.
MZMcBride