The RSS user contributions feed <link> attribute is incorrect.
For the Atom feed, the <link> attribute is
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&feed=atom&target=[username]
But for the RSS feed, the <link> attribute is
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Feature | None | T5646 RSS, Atom, XML syndication feeds (tracking) | ||
| Resolved | • demon | T19556 Web source <link> in user contributions feeds is missing parameters |
Actually, the problem is also present in Atom feeds.
See by example
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&feed=rss&target=Addbot
and
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&feed=atom&target=Addbot
*And* the correct link would be
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=[username]
Or for the example :
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Addbot
Updating summary to clarify that the issue is with the link back to the HTML *in* the feed, not the link from the HTML *to* the feed.
It's using the special page title (Special:Contributions) correctly but is missing the target, making the link back not too useful.