User:DavidLevinson/Ampersand
Ampersands in wikilinks
As part of the move towards a stable version of articles, we would like to create wikilinks to particular versions of the article. (e.g. Article/Stable would be a redirect to a particular article version.
Is there a way to use the Permanent link from the link on the left side toolbox to do this? I.e. #REDIRECT permanent link from the /Stable ... /Stable would this be a redirect to permanent link?
I tried this with Common Unix Printing System/Stable as #REDIRECT Common_Unix_Printing_System&oldid=32844867 ... but that doesn't work, it gives this address:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_Unix_Printing_System%26oldid%3D32844867&action=edit http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_Unix_Printing_System%26oldid%3D32844867&action=edit]
which implies the article isn't there, but replace %26 with & in the address bar (and delete the "&action=edit) and it works, giving what I want:
[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_Unix_Printing_System&oldid%3D32844867 http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Common_Unix_Printing_System&oldid%3D32844867]
i.e. there is a problem with the ampersand in the wikilink or in REDIRECT.
Alternatively, I could redirect to a link rather than a wikilink, but that won't take me directly where I want to go, just give me a redirect page (e.g. Common Unix Printing System/Stable2 )