create LintError in case of invalid domain-names.
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	Oct 31 2023, 7:35 PM

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Feature summary In case an invalid domain name is entered, an entry should be shown under [[Special:LintErrors]].

See Quarry https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/77756.
This query tests for the occurrence of some characters that are not allowed in http-domain names and therefore invalidate URLs.

Use case(s) Ease of finding obvious input errors in URLs.

Benefits Quick cleanup of input errors, such as those caused by incorrect filling of template form fields in Visual Editor or copy-paste errors of encoded URLs.

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Boshomi_Phabricator created this task.Oct 31 2023, 7:35 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptOct 31 2023, 7:35 PM

Peachey88 added a project: MediaWiki-extensions-Linter.Oct 31 2023, 7:37 PM

Boshomi_Phabricator updated the task description. (Show Details)Oct 31 2023, 7:57 PM

MSantos added a project: Essential-Work.Nov 2 2023, 2:31 PM

MSantos moved this task from Backlog to New Linters on the MediaWiki-extensions-Linter board.

With this Quarry (https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/78127 ), I found ~ 10000 broken URL in enwiki.

in dewiki the Quarry result is cleen (I fix most of them)

In what way is this a wikitext syntax error?

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create LintError in case of invalid domain-names.
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