#113 Incorrect values concerning Page.IsRedirect() and Page.RedirectsTo()

[Juergen Thomas]

The MediaWiki software doesn't handle a page as redirect if the page text doesn't start with #REDIRECT. For instance, see https://de.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Linux-Kompendium:_Links.

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#REDIRECT [[Linux-Praxisbuch: Links]]

In contradiction, the bot returns IsRedirect() as "true" and RedirectsTo() as "Linux-Praxisbuch: Links".

Compare https://de.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=SQL. This page text starts with the redirect:

#REDIRECT [[Einführung in SQL]]

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Solution
The Page.IsRedirect() method has to check something like:

if(text.StartsWith("#REDIRECT"))

Clearly, this snippet must be extended by generalData["redirectTags"].

This bug is less important, but it should be corrected. Thanks, Juergen

[CodeDriller]

You are mistaken. I just checked it out, IsRedirect() does not return "true" in this situation.

// Testing code snippet, DotNetWikiBot 3.15
Site dewb = new Site("https://de.wikibooks.org");
Page p = new Page(dewb, "Linux-Kompendium:_Links");
p.Load();
p.IsRedirect();
// false is returned

What version are you using?