Can Automatic Link Title Resolution Be Improved on arXiv.org?

[StevieTNZ]

Hi there,

A direct link to a PDF file on arXiv.org results in the link being named '403 Forbidden'. Not sure what's going on; however clicking on the link takes you to the intended PDF.

 

[Borek]

A direct link to a PDF file on arXiv.org results in the link being named '403 Forbidden'. Not sure what's going on; however clicking on the link takes you to the intended PDF.

So the link doesn't work, but it works?

Can't say I understand what's the problem.

 

[Nugatory]

Hi there,

A direct link to a PDF file on arXiv.org results in the link being named '403 Forbidden'. Not sure what's going on; however clicking on the link takes you to the intended PDF.

If you're referring to something like this post: Physicist disentangles 'Schrodinger's cat' debate - Single Post

the weirdness is actually in the post itself - try quoting it and look at the raw bbcode to see what's wrong and how to fix it.

 

[Borek]

OK, it is automatic URL encoding into UBBC that fails. Try to post just a link to pdf: [noparse]http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.1673.pdf[/noparse] and it will be converted to

[noparse]http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.1673.pdf[/noparse]

 

[StevieTNZ]

The current format is:

[noparse]As per the title, the article is [url="http://phys.org/news/2013-08-physicist-disentangles-schrodinger-cat-debate.html"]Physicist disentangles 'Schrodinger's cat' debate[/url]

The paper is http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1301/1301.1673.pdf[/quote][/noparse]

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Back to normal. I was testing a automatic link title resolution feature. Obviously there is a hiccup.