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When the user adds an internal link that looks like a URL, MediaWiki needs to insert a ':' prefix for it to work
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Steps to reproduce:

  1. Open VisualEditor and select a word.
  1. Press Command-K to open the link inspector.
  1. We're going to make an external link to http://www.example.com so start typing: h-t-t-p-:-/-/-w-w-w-
  1. Why is it trying to find an internal page for the URL I'm typing?

If you're obviously typing in a URL, the search feature should be disabled. Offering to make a link to the "local page" http://www.example.com risks broken links like this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.phpdiff=621124784&oldid=620566012

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44011

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bz69500

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Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:45 AM
• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor-EditingTools.
• bzimport set Reference to bz69500.
• Whatamidoing-WMF created this task.Aug 13 2014, 10:21 PM
Krenair added a comment.Aug 14 2014, 12:02 AM

Interesting that MediaWiki allows you to create pages that are URLs, but you can't link to them...

Krenair added a comment.Aug 14 2014, 12:10 AM

Bug 44011 sounds slightly related

Jdforrester-WMF added a project: VisualEditor.Nov 24 2014, 4:30 PM
Krenair added a comment.Dec 2 2014, 9:06 PM
In T71500#749617, @Krenair wrote:

Interesting that MediaWiki allows you to create pages that are URLs, but you can't link to them...

Sorry - it turns out you can link to internal pages named like URLs in MediaWiki, but you have to use the ':' prefix.

Krenair renamed this task from VisualEditor: Searching for a page name that starts with http://whatever... is kind of silly to VisualEditor: When inserting valid internal links that look like URLs, we need to use the ':' prefix.Dec 2 2014, 9:07 PM
Krenair set Security to None.

See also T76398: External link interface for link dialogue

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from VisualEditor: When inserting valid internal links that look like URLs, we need to use the ':' prefix to When the user adds an internal link that looks like a URL, Parsoid needs to insert a ':' prefix for it to work.Dec 2 2014, 9:21 PM
Jdforrester-WMF added a project: Parsoid.
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.
Krenair renamed this task from When the user adds an internal link that looks like a URL, Parsoid needs to insert a ':' prefix for it to work to When the user adds an internal link that looks like a URL, MediaWiki needs to insert a ':' prefix for it to work.Dec 2 2014, 9:26 PM
Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Dec 3 2014, 1:23 AM
ssastry moved this task from Needs Triage to Link syntax (links & media) on the Parsoid board.Dec 18 2017, 10:12 PM
ssastry edited projects, added Parsoid-Edit-Support; removed Parsoid.Sep 20 2018, 4:43 PM
ssastry moved this task from Backlog to Link syntax (links & media) on the Parsoid-Edit-Support board.Sep 20 2018, 5:03 PM
Aklapper edited projects, added Parsoid; removed Parsoid-Edit-Support.Feb 29 2020, 5:15 PM
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About external links detection, it now works well.

About links to pages with URL-like names, VE adds ./ instead of : to prefix the page name, even if you manually set a colon before the URL. By the way, prefixing colon seems to don’t be required.

Since VE preview is fine, I think this is a Parsoid issue, that’s why I re-add Parsoid project for a new review (sorry if I’m wrong).

Related: T222082: Remove "internal" and "external" tabs from the link inspector.

ssastry moved this task from Link syntax (links & media) to Bugs & Crashers on the Parsoid board.Mar 4 2021, 6:29 PM
Aklapper changed the subtype of this task from "Task" to "Feature Request".Feb 4 2022, 12:23 PM
Aklapper removed subscribers: • rmoen, • TrevorParscal.
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