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Originally from: http://sourceforge.net/p/pywikipediabot/bugs/1352/
Reported by: hiw
Created on: 2011-09-26 22:35:45
Subject: Weblinkchecker reports live links as dead
Original description:
The weblinkchecker.py reported several web links as dead due to  additional braces at the end of the url.
\- http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:DARC\_\(Protein\)

e.g: 

Article:
<ref name="pmid19290478">\{\{cite journal |author=Horne K, Woolley IJ |title=Shedding light on DARC: the role of the Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokines in inflammation, infection and malignancy |journal=Inflamm. Res. |volume=58 |issue=8 |pages=431–5 |year=2009 |month=August |pmid=19290478 |doi=10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9\}\}</ref> 

Response by pywikipedia on talk page:
Dead link found:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00011-009-0023-9\}\}

version.py
Pywikipedia \[http\] trunk/pywikipedia \(r9558, 2011/09/25, 20:30:54\)
Python 2.7.2 \(default, Jun 24 2011, 12:21:10\) \[MSC v.1500 32 bit \(Intel\)\]
config-settings:
use\_api = True
use\_api\_login = True
unicode test: ok

Using Active Python with Microsoft Windows XP \[Version 5.1.2600\]