Restore support for semicolons in URL query strings?

[John Firebaugh]

On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 8:03 PM, Bert Bos <bert at w3.org> wrote:

> Since a few weeks (I'm not exactly sure how long), URLs with a semicolon
> to separate the query parameters, such as
>
>   http://www.openstreetmap.org/index.html?mlat=43.6969;mlon=7.1224
>
> do not work anymore.
>
> That's a pity, because the semicolon is easier if you're working with HTML
> or XML and want to cut and paste a URL: no need to replace every "&"
> with "&" or vice-versa. HTML recommends[1] the semicolon precisely for that
> reason.
>

Wow, I wasn't even aware of this recommendation until now. Thanks for
bringing it to my attention.

This should restore the functionality:
https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/pull/154

John
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