Eric K <ek79...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [Problems of computers (not) parsing human readable text]
> So its a very common problem and because there are so many page titles with
> these characters, there are likely thousands of links that break every day
> from Wikipedia, other wikis and other websites.
> We know ofcourse its not the fault of Mediawiki because this is a URL-related
> problem that falls under the responsibility of the people who program the
> interfaces that produce the links, but - what can be done about this?
> [...]
You can add a JavaScript thingy that translates any "'"s,
"("s or ")"s in the article URL to their "%xy" counterparts
and provides the link in some convenient place (similar to
Google Maps).
Tim
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