utf8 issue with list=recentchanges
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	ArielGlenn
	Jan 14 2008, 2:03 AM

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this query
wget 'http://el.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&rclimit=500&rctype=new|edit&format=wddx&rcstart=2008-01-14T02:00:00Z&rcend=2008-01-13T23:00:00Z'
produces good output for the article titles (e.g. ουλαμός)

this query
wget 'http://el.wiktionary.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=recentchanges&rcprop=title|user&rclimit=500&rctype=new|edit&format=wddx&rcstart=2008-01-14T02:00:00Z&rcend=2008-01-13T23:00:00Z'
produces bad output, like Î¿Ï
Î»Î±Î¼ÏÏ

the parameter rcprop=title is apparently to blame.

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Severity: enhancement

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Reference: bz12620

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ArielGlenn created this task.Jan 14 2008, 2:03 AM

Bryan.TongMinh wrote:

Internet Explorer does not appear to recognize the charset=utf-8 HTTP header or the <?xml encoding?> declaration. Worksforme in Firefox, and should work in any non-broken, UTF aware client.

Works for me in IE as well (at least IE 7).

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