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What is the relevance of this page? I just don't understand why the underscores are important.  Someone please explain. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 18:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
What is the relevance of this page? I just don't understand why the underscores are important.  Someone please explain. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 18:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
:Note that ingeneral, we can use internal links to get to youtube videos (<nowiki>[[youtube:somevideoid]]</nowiki>) however, mediawiki filters out underscores as described, the result being that, for example, <nowiki>[[youtube:_Z-C8NU3SVM]]</nowiki> produces an [[youtube:_Z-C8NU3SVM|invalid link]]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
:Note that ingeneral, we can use internal links to get to youtube videos (<nowiki>[[youtube:somevideoid]]</nowiki>) however, mediawiki filters out underscores as described, the result being that, for example, <nowiki>[[youtube:_Z-C8NU3SVM]]</nowiki> produces an [[youtube:_Z-C8NU3SVM|invalid link]]. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
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::Furthermore, we are keeping track of these IDs so that if a fix does appear in the future, the links listed can be changed. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

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What is the relevance of this page? I just don't understand why the underscores are important. Someone please explain. I R F 18:25, 8 March 2010 (UTC)

Note that ingeneral, we can use internal links to get to youtube videos ([[youtube:somevideoid]]) however, mediawiki filters out underscores as described, the result being that, for example, [[youtube:_Z-C8NU3SVM]] produces an invalid link. — Defender1031*Talk 18:31, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
Furthermore, we are keeping track of these IDs so that if a fix does appear in the future, the links listed can be changed. wbwolf (t | ed) 20:48, 8 March 2010 (UTC)
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