[Mediawiki-l] Interwiki link and space in url

[Jan Steinman]

> From: Tels <nospam-abuse at bloodgate.com>
>
> (The advise of the day is: you should not put spaces in filenames.
> Especially not when they can be accessed over the web.)

More specifically, I believe a space is not a legal character in a  
URL, although various browsers may (illegally!) accept them.

As pointed out, you can access filenames with illegal URL characters  
by hex encoding them. Space would be "%20". But in general, don't put  
illegal URL characters in file names if you intend for them to be  
accessed from a web browser. Safest bet is to limit URL characters to  
alphabetic letters, numerals, underscore, and hyphen. Note that some  
non-alphanumerics (like "?", "=" or "&") have their own semantics in  
a URL, and MUST be avoided or hex-encoded to work in ANY browser!

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