On 10/01/07, wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org
<wikien-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Message: 5
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:34:16 +0000
From: "Thomas Dalton" <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] One way inter-languages links?
They're not stored directly in the database,
they're stored in the
source code for the articles just like links within one wiki. The only
way one wiki code detect the links to their article on other languages
articles would be to read every single article on that wiki. Not
practical.
Actually, we *do* track interlanguage link relationships in the
database, as we do for page links, image links, external links,
category links, etc.
Therefore, it's entirely possible that someone could whip up a
toolserver-based request mechanism to allow them to find out who's
linking to them.
Rob Church