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Accept and handle sites with a protocol
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Description

Should Special:GlobalWatchlistSettings accepts sites in the form http://en.wikipedia.org rather than en.wikipedia.org? Same for https.

Benefits:
User can just copy the url from another tab with the site open

Drawbacks:
Requires extra handling

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If these are accepted, they should be normalized when saving settings, to ensure that they are consistent for the javascript on Special:GlobalWatchlist and to remove storing unneeded protocols in the database (unless the protocol should be enforced?)

Change 660932 had a related patch set uploaded (by DannyS712; owner: DannyS712):
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalWatchlist@master] Settings: Accept sites with a protocol, object to duplicate sites

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/660932

Change 660932 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/GlobalWatchlist@master] Settings: Accept sites with a protocol, object to duplicate sites

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/660932

DannyS712 moved this task from In progress to Done on the MediaWiki-extensions-GlobalWatchlist board.
DannyS712 set Final Story Points to 2.