Last modified: 2014-07-16 14:10:39 UTC
SpecialEntityData should silently resolve redirects. The rationale is that third parties trying to resolve an entity URI should get the entity data even if the requested entity ID is a redirect. This is consistent with the owl:sameas relationship between the old, redirected URI and the target URI.
Change 143596 had a related patch set uploaded by Daniel Kinzler: Silently resolve redirects in SpecialEntityData https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/143596
Change 143596 merged by Thiemo Mättig (WMDE): Silently resolve redirects in SpecialEntityData https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/143596