[Wikipedia-l] [Fwd: [ wikipedia-Bugs-584804 ] URL followed bypunctuation->broken link]

[Karen AKA Kajikit]

The Cunctator wrote:
> 
> On 7/24/02 5:06 PM, "Brion VIBBER" <brion at pobox.com> wrote:
> 
> > Brion VIBBER wrote:
> >> The old software knew that 99.9% of the time humans don't _really_ mean
> >> it when they put a comma, period, or other such item of punctuation
> >> immediately after a URL, but that these are rather intended as, well,
> >> punctuation.
> >>
> >> The new phase III software trusts us more; URLs that are followed
> >> immediately by punctuation (period, comma, paren, semicolon, etc) now
> >> include this punctuation in the hyperlink, which leads to a lot of
> >> broken external links where URLs are put casually into text,
> >> particularly on talk pages.
> >>
> >> Bug or feature? You decide!
> > [...]
> >> You can respond by visiting:
> >> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=411192&aid=584804&group_id=3
> >> 4373
> >
> > So far the votes are tied 2-2:
> >
> > Crop final punctuation from links: Brion, Tony
> > Include final punctuation in links: Lee, Jan

I'd vote for cropping too... urls never end with a punctuation mark
afaik...

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