[Task] add protocol when it is missing in URL
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	Lydia_Pintscher
	Aug 27 2013, 2:40 PM

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When adding a URL without http:// for example you get this not very helpful error message: "Malformed input: www.youtube.com"

http:// should be added automatically in this case.

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Reference: bz53403

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Mentioned In: T92270: Wikidata activities at the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015
T89084: Main themes of the Wikimedia Hackathon 2015
Mentioned Here: T138365: [Discuss-Storytime][Usability] Error message should help to solve problem when assigning a non well formed URL as value to an URL-restricted property results

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 22 2014, 1:53 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-extensions-WikibaseRepository, patch-welcome.

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Lydia_Pintscher created this task.Aug 27 2013, 2:40 PM

If it really should be added "automagically", the ticket should probably be shifted to the back-end / API.
However, I am not sure whether you should, in fact, magically add something to the value, although the plausibility is high. A more natural approach would be some "Did you mean?" hint.

You're right. Some "Did you mean" is probably better.

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