Interwiki links shouldn't be checked for length in Title::newFromText
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	Feb 9 2011, 9:34 AM

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Interwikis like [[google: ]] does not apply the same limit.
Namespace info is unknown in the remote wiki: [[zh:Wikipedia:... (255 dots) ...]] can be legal on zhwiki but cannot pass length check on enwiki as an interwiki link.

Mentioned In: T258521: titles that are near the page title size limitation fail to create interwiki links

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Could you please point to real cases or examples where this is a problem?

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Could you please point to real cases or examples where this is a problem?

To make links on [[zh:User:Liangent/bug27275]] work.

Why is this a bug belonging to the Wikimedia product?

Sorry, I'm trying to find the right home for it (and learning while doing it).

It seems the related code is at includes / Title.php 2732-2743

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