On 13/08/05, Jamie Bliss <astronouth7303(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Couldn't you just use a HEAD request?
HEAD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export/Asdfasgasdfghsfghsfghs
--> 200 OK
So, no. For that matter,
GET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Export/Asdfasgasdfghsfghsfghs
--> 200 OK
HEAD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asdfasgasdfghsfghsfghs --> 200 OK
GET
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asdfasgasdfghsfghsfghs --> 200 OK
And no, that page doesn't exist. ;)
So this seems to still be a desired feature, rather than an existing
one - though as I say, I thought I remembered it too; maybe somebody
coded it but it broke?
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]