Last modified: 2014-10-08 18:50:18 UTC
A co-worker uploaded a file (from a Windows PC to a Linux Server) with a "+" in its name. Now when you try to access that file it says "no file by this name ["plus sign replaced with a space"] exists, but you can upload it". However, when you try to upload it again, it says "already present"! I would suggest that mediawiki either prevent the upload of files with illegal names, or treat them consistently after they have been uploaded.
I think this might be an issue with your webserver/rewrite rules or something like that. + is allowed in titles (although should be encoded as %2B ). If you change the url to replace + sign with %2B (or replace the underscore with %2B if it got converted to an underscore) does it work. If you include an image in a page with [[image:NameWith+Sign.png]] (use a literal + there), does it work?
Lowering priority till we can get this confirmed as a MW problem and not a config problem.
(In reply to comment #2) > Lowering priority till we can get this confirmed as a MW problem and not a > config problem. Note, can't be that much of a mediawiki problem given that things like [[commons:File:U+2160.gif]] works fine.
WFM per comment 3. Please re-open if the problem still exists, and it doesnt appear to be a config issue.
I understand (3-1/2 years and several version later) that this is a somewhat obscure issue, and low priority. However: UX perspective - If a user of Mediawiki enters a file name through one part of the Mediawiki UI, and gets "file does not exist", then enters the same file name through a different part of the Mediawiki UI, and gets "file already present" ...how can this possibly *not* be considered a Mediawiki issue?
