[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #16859: Square brackets are removed from links in blogroll

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#16859: Square brackets are removed from links in blogroll
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 Reporter:  f00f          |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General       |     Version:  3.1
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  2nd-opinion   |
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Comment (by ldebrouwer):

 Replying to [comment:4 f00f]:
 > Yah, but apparently it happens when copy-pasting a URL from the address
 bar or using 'copy link location'.

 And that, to me, seems the root of the problem. You copy a, according to
 standards, malformed URL from a third-party. And WordPress, as a service,
 filters all the bad characters from the URL for security reasons. To me
 WordPress should not anticipate specific behaviour of third-party software
 ( browsers aside ), just the behaviour of the users.

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