Last modified: 2014-11-09 13:21:26 UTC
So, on enwiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Categorytree_mode #REDIRECT [[Special:CategoryTree]] Points to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CategoryTree If I ask the API for information on Special:CategoryTree https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info|revisions&intoken=edit&titles=Special:CategoryTree&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content&redirects= We get <api> <query> <pages> <page ns="-1" title="Special:CategoryTree" special="" /> </pages> </query> </api> If I ask for a normal redirect, I get a pages entry for the target https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info|revisions&intoken=edit&titles=WP:AWB&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment&redirects= <api> <query> <normalized> <n from="WP:AWB" to="Wikipedia:AWB" /> </normalized> <redirects> <r from="Wikipedia:AWB" to="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" /> </redirects> <pages> <page pageid="3619512" ns="4" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" touched="2012-08-18T16:12:20Z" lastrevid="506905280" counter="" length="15308" starttimestamp="2012-08-19T22:21:24Z" edittoken="a835be486a973279fa19914f0eabf91d+\"> <revisions> <rev user="Klutzy" timestamp="2012-08-11T16:30:40Z" comment="-[[Category:Windows software]]; category for main namespace" /> </revisions> </page> </pages> </query> </api> If I ask for a page which redirects to a special page, we don't get the pages information at all, which is inconsistent. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info|revisions&intoken=edit&titles=Template:Categorytree%20mode&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content&redirects= <api> <query> <redirects> <r from="Template:Categorytree mode" to="Special:CategoryTree" /> </redirects> </query> </api> The desired result should be something along the lines of: <api> <query> <redirects> <r from="Template:Categorytree mode" to="Special:CategoryTree" /> </redirects> <pages> <page ns="-1" title="Special:CategoryTree" special="" /> </pages> </query> </api>
It is wrong, that the api follows the redirect, see bug 26865