Last modified: 2010-07-04 17:19:37 UTC
Searching for two numbers with less than 5 digits separated by a colon (like 1234:1234) takes you to contribution list for that username (Special:Contributions/1234:1234). This occurs when using either search field and go button (but not search button), or when using links or urls like [[Special:Search/123:123]]. If one or both numbers have at least 5 digits, searching appears to work correctly.
This is the fault of some lazy IPv6 regex. A valid IP address in Special:Search is supposed to take you to the Special:Contributions of that IP. See http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/IP.php and: http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/phase3/includes/SearchEngine.php # Entering an IP address goes to the contributions page if ( ( $title->getNamespace() == NS_USER && User::isIP($title->getText() ) ) || User::isIP( trim( $searchterm ) ) ) { return SpecialPage::getTitleFor( 'Contributions', $title->getDBkey() ); }
Ok judging by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6 it looks like 1234:1234 is *not* a valid IPv6 address... but 1234::1234 is. :) I can confirm this experimentally: $ ping6 1234:1234 ping6: nodename nor servname provided, or not known $ ping6 1234::1234 ping6: UDP connect: No route to host A fixup to the regex checks should be able to clear this up.
Fixed in r53795
