Last modified: 2013-10-23 18:16:56 UTC
The main CSS has rules for external link icons based on recognizing URI schemes. For example, the http://bits.wikimedia.org/en.wikipedia.org/load.php?debug=true&lang=en&modules=ext.wikihiero%7Cmediawiki.legacy.commonPrint%2Cshared%7Cskins.vector&only=styles&skin=vector&* main Vector CSS has a rule for news:// so that it creates a link and an icon. As I see it, per RfC 5538, the URI scheme can be either news:// or news:but the latter is not supported by the CSS. Looks to me like the CSS should be updated to support news: which would support both schemes.
Created attachment 9739 [details] Patch for vector/screen.css Changed CSS selector from "news://" to "news:".
Created attachment 9740 [details] Patch for vectror/screen.css
Created attachment 9741 [details] Patch for monobook/main.css
Created attachment 9742 [details] Patch for modern/main.css
Applied in r106964.
Confirmed working on en.wp.