Last modified: 2012-06-12 10:51:56 UTC
If you go to http://wikidata-test-repo.wikimedia.de/w/api.php?action=wblinksite&id=982&linksite=sr-el&linktitle=Helijum you will see <error code="unknown_linksite" info="Unrecognized value for parameter 'linksite': sr-el" xml:space="preserve">
This is escaped correctly inside xml, I believe. Check for example the JSON for an alternate encoding. http://wikidata-test-repo.wikimedia.de/w/api.php?action=wblinksite&id=982&linksite=sr-el&linktitle=Helijum&format=jsonfm It will produce { "error": { "code": "unknown_linksite", "info": "Unrecognized value for parameter 'linksite': sr-el" } }
My mistake. Yes, it's the same on enwiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=xyz