Do not raise SectionError in BasePage.get
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	JJMC89
	Apr 9 2026, 4:28 PM

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BasePage.get should not raise SectionError since this method gets the text of the entire page, not a specific section.

The implementation does not align with MediaWiki's parser.

T411307: LRM in wikitext of section title causes SectionError when the LRM is not the page object's title section
T422856: BasePage.get erroneously raises SectionError when the page contains the section

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Related Changes in Gerrit:

	Subject	Author	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	page: Do not validate sections in BasePage.get	Mahveotm	pywikibot/core	master	+134 -32

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned Here: T411307: LRM in wikitext of section title causes SectionError when the LRM is not the page object's title section
T422856: BasePage.get erroneously raises SectionError when the page contains the section

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JJMC89 created this task.Apr 9 2026, 4:28 PM

Restricted Application added subscribers: pywikibot-bugs-list, Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptApr 9 2026, 4:28 PM

Erroneous SectionErrors have broken my bot multiple times since the feature was introduced. There is no reasonable way to workaround the error in code and still get the page's text.

If SectionErrors continue to be raised, I will be forced to use a fork that reverts efea479 or otherwise override the entire method downstream. (I've implemented the latter, for now.)