[Commons-l] JavaScript CheckUsage alternative

[Platonides]

Magnus Manske wrote:
> Two drawbacks to this:
> * Due to JavaScript security limitations, I have to go through a Perl
> script on the toolserver for each query (ugh!)
> 
> However, it might be an in-place alternative to Duesentrieb's script
> if installed on commons. Note that the perl script would also have to
> be on commons.

query.php (still available!) provides proxy functionalities, which 
however, seem missing from newer api.php


I'm not sure if using this is better or worse than Duesentrieb's but 
anyway, these are good news.