if you name the param and use the = to define it {{template|url = website}}
you will also bypass this issue without having to do special encoding

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Jan Steinman <[email protected]> wrote:

> > From: "Rowe, Dolores A" <[email protected]>
> >
> > I have a template which uses parameters, for example {{{2}}} for it's
> second argument,
> > which is a url.  Some url's are similar to this with a query string:
> http://myserver.com/index.aspx?com=85&id=20.
> >
> > I figured out that "=" was messing up the template code, so I
> substituted it's hex equivalent "%3D" for both
> > of the equal signs.  Some target servers can parse this, and some can
> not, thus creating a problem for the users.
>
> Use character entities instead. (
> http://www.lmgtfy.com/q=character+entity+reference)
>
> For "=", use "&#061;" instead of the hex code.
>
> At least, it seems to work for me.
>
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> Holmgren
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>
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