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Generic 403 server error page is confusing for URL with "&"
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Description

The given error message indicates a server problem, however, it is just a misspelled URL.


Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: trivial
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/&

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bz13125

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:06 PM
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Raw "&" appearing in URLs is currently blocked with a 403 to prevent some infinite loops from bad spiders we were seeing. We might be able to remove this now, though, as the RSS/Atom feed links involved have changed.

rememberthedot wrote:

The bug also happens if you search for "&" on a Wikimedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%26amp%3B

  • Bug 16053 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
  • Bug 23945 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***