Casesensitiv category search

[ubahnverleih]

the category search is case sensitiv this makes no sense. I think its an api problem.

[ubahnverleih]

looks like http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=allcategories&acprefix=Cultural%20Monuments is case sensitiv

[ubahnverleih]

OK the Poblem in the Mediawiki API source: https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki/blob/f62bc7536e8c1766ce5a2a616a8b9dcf6046b000/includes/api/ApiQueryAllCategories.php (search for prefix)

[ubahnverleih]

reported problem to mediawiki API https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T88161

[thomersch]

Wikimedia says WONTFIX. We will have to set up our own searching service.