mediawiki.Title.js should normalize titles the same way Title.php does
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	Schnark
	Jan 2 2012, 9:12 AM

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Currently there are some differences between the normalizations in Title.js and Title.php:

Invalid characters: Title.js replaces [, ], and other invalid characters with _.
Unicode control characters: Title.php removes some control characters, while Title.js leaves them in or replaces them with _.
Whitespace normalization: Title.php normalizes a huge variety of whitespace (notably NBSP), while Title.js only treats _ the same as a blank.
HTML entities: Title.php replaces HTML entities with the corresponding character.
URL encoding: At some point %-encoded characters are resolved in PHP, at least they are possible in wikilinks.

mediawiki.Title.js should aim for consistency with the PHP version.

Version: 1.20.x
Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45848

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 12:05 AM

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API has some normalisation problems too.