Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
From the user
Example A:
- Go to the Vivian Vance article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Vance in the app and scroll down to "External links".
- Click the link in the "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vivian Vance" template.
- The link leads to my browser loading "Category:Vivian" on Commons instead of "Category:Vivian Vance".
Example B:
- Go to the article for "American Sign Language" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Sign_Language in the app and scroll down to "External Links."
- Click the links in the "American Sign Language at Wikipedia's sister projects" template.
- The links to Wiktionary, Commons, and Wikibooks all take my browser to "Category:American" on that project instead of "Category:American Sign Language".
Tested with both the Fennec and DuckDuckGo browsers on Android.
Version: 50566-r-2026-02-04
Device: motorola moto g stylus 5G - 2024 (SDK: 35)
What happens?:
Tapping view in browser send the user to the wrong URL/Article
What should have happened instead?:
The correct URL/Article
Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):
NOTE: I have not been able to reproduce this issue. I tested it on all my Android and iOS devices. Perhaps it is a browser issue, as the user notes trying it on non-native browsers (Fennec and DuckDuckGo). Please view the video to see the complete behavior.
Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x3mUaejltOLQ7C8EzAM01qLbxWGOybpX/view?usp=sharing