Author: stux

Description:
Given two different pages that have the same name but differ only in case (current examples I've seen only cover first-letter uppercase vs. all uppercase), the page created first will override the one created afterwards.

For example, in the english wikipedia [[Mess]] refers to a mess hall, while [[MESS]] described an emulator. However when linking or navigating to either page, only the former page (the description of a mess hall) would be rendered. The latter would have to be reached directly by using long-form queries and manipulating the page name directly.

See
http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stux/Mess

for a list of examples.

Note that other mixed-case variations have not been tested and may cause problems as well.

I am unsure what the severity/priority of this bug should be, as this is my first bug report. However, I do think it is significant as it prohibits normal users from accessing certain pages in the database.

Version: 1.12.x
Severity: normal
URL: http://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Stux/Mess