[Wikipedia-l] [Fwd: [ wikipedia-Bugs-584804 ] URL followed by punctuation->broken link]

Wed Jul 24 21:06:58 UTC 2002

Brion VIBBER wrote:
> The old software knew that 99.9% of the time humans don't _really_ mean 
> it when they put a comma, period, or other such item of punctuation 
> immediately after a URL, but that these are rather intended as, well, 
> punctuation.
> 
> The new phase III software trusts us more; URLs that are followed 
> immediately by punctuation (period, comma, paren, semicolon, etc) now 
> include this punctuation in the hyperlink, which leads to a lot of 
> broken external links where URLs are put casually into text, 
> particularly on talk pages.
> 
> Bug or feature? You decide!
[...]
 > You can respond by visiting:
 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=411192&aid=584804&group_id=34373

So far the votes are tied 2-2:

Crop final punctuation from links: Brion, Tony
Include final punctuation in links: Lee, Jan

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)