[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28565: Hotlink defaults to local site prefix after first such use

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#28565: Hotlink defaults to local site prefix after first such use
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 Reporter:  Jim Bennett   |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Editor        |     Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:  administration
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Comment (by Jim Bennett):

 Replying to [comment:1 SergeyBiryukov]:
 > > my website was prefixed to (in this case Wikipedial) the page I'd
 linked to.
 >
 > This happens if you remove the default `http://` prefix from the link,
 which makes the link relative.
 >
 > Sounds like a duplicate of #18149.
 I always cut(from another window) and paste over the 'http://' prefix, and
 it always works, EXCEPT if I've done a local link before, in the same WP
 admin session. Then it does not work, as I described.

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