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@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Windows does not support filenames containing any of these characters: `/ \ * :
>>>> They'll suddenly change names. Well, I should finish frying my current fish
>>>> before taking on something new, so I'll shut up now :). -- [[Will]]
+>>>>> If `linkpage()` is changed to escape colons, then links to pages
+>>>>> with literal colons in their names will stop working; ikiwiki will
+>>>>> instead look for page names with escaped colons. --[[Joey]]
+
>>> So, I guess it has to be a config option, possibly defaulting on
>>> when the OS is Windows. And if being able to checkout/etc the wiki
>>> source on windows systems is desired, you'd have to remember to turn