Hey folks :)
Next week we will deploy an API change in preparation for support for Wikimedia Commons. wblinktitle will return a prefixed ID starting Tuesday night if there are no complications: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52732 This is necessary as Commons support will break the assumption that our identifiers are always of the form someletter+number like for example Q1234.
Sorry for the disruption. If you need help with adapting your tools please let me know.
Cheers Lydia
PS: Jeroen forced me to attach a cat to this email so here you go:
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