Forum:Problem with 'plus' in topic subjects

On the RuneScape Wikia we have moved to the new beta PHP forums. We are now trying to clear out old articles from our Forum: namespace.

However, when I attempt to remove forum topics that have a '+' in them, it fails to get the article. Attempts to get the article that contain the '+' seem to get redirected to a (non-existant) topic subject with '+' removed.

You can see this effect by looking at the following two lists, and attempting to click on any of the forum names with a '+' in it:
 * http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&namespace=110
 * http://runescape.wikia.com/index.php?title=Special:Allpages&namespace=111

Any suggestions on how to get to the actual article page? I've tried replacing the '+' with '%2B' in the URL, but that gets removed too. Amaurice (talk) 12:37, 18 July 2007 (UTC)


 * This has been here for a while now, with no replies... and we still have the problem... Oddlyoko talk 18:36, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

Open the page history (this should change the + to %2B for the URL). Once you're there, change the URL to action=delete, like so:

http://communitytest.wikia.com/index.php?title=Test%2Bplus&curid=2352&action=history http://communitytest.wikia.com/index.php?title=Test%2Bplus&action=delete

Manticore Talk 05:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the tip, we've managed to remove them now. :-) Amaurice (talk) 11:15, 3 December 2007 (UTC)