[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #7145: Link 'Web Address' field strips pipes

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#7145: Link 'Web Address' field strips pipes
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 Reporter:  Jairus        |       Owner:  anonymous              
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                    
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.9                    
Component:  General       |     Version:  2.5.1                  
 Severity:  minor         |    Keywords:  has-patch tested commit
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Comment(by ryan):

 {{{
 Other characters are unsafe because gateways and other transport agents
 are known to sometimes modify such characters. These characters are "{",
 "}", "|", "\", "^", "~", "[", "]", and "`".

 All unsafe characters must always be encoded within a URL.

 }}}

 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1738.txt

 Doesn't seem like pipe is marked unsafe for security reasons, so it's
 probably safe to let it through.

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