telnet should be a valid scheme for URL data types on wikidata.org
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	Sanqui
	Aug 17 2023, 10:12 AM

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Virtual worlds known as MUDs use the telnet protocol to connect. However, the telnet protocol is not currently permitted on Wikidata.org:

Examples of items and desired URL values:
Q1228613 Discworld MUD - telnet://discworld.starturtle.net:23
Q5509719 FurryMUCK - telnet://furrymuck.com:8888
Q12046823 Prahy - telnet://prahy.mmh.cz:3333
Q4999806 BurningMUD - telnet://burningmud.com:4000

This ticket was inspired by T140986, which is a fulfilled request. If there is an alternative way to model this data I would like to know. Thank you!

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	Allow telnet as a valid scheme for URL data types	mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase	master	+1 -1

Mentioned Here: T140986: svn, git, ssh should be valid schemes for URL data types on wikidata.org

Michael set the point value for this task to 1.

Change 951072 had a related patch set uploaded (by Michael Große; author: Michael Große):

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Allow telnet as a valid scheme for URL data types

Change 951072 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/Wikibase@master] Allow telnet as a valid scheme for URL data types

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