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mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Nov 1, 2023, 11:14 AM Nov 2023

Links to map coordinates in Wikipedia are altered by DU4. [View all]

They used to work in the just replaced DU.

See:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/11633979

The link to the map doesn't work. DU's software tries to turn the character string "& p a r a m s" into "¶ m s". I can't think of a workaround. I've had to add spaces here to keep it from being altered.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 537

Date: November 1, 1949
Summary: Mid-air collision
Site: Alexandria, Virginia, United States
[link:

https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_537¶ms=38_50.1_N_77_02.7_W_region:US-DC_type:landmark_scale:30000|38°50.1'N 77°02.7'W]

https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_537 & params=38_50.1_N_77_02.7_W_region:US-DC_type:landmark_scale:30000


Thanks.
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