+
+>>>> I haven't checked the source, but need this break existing wikis?
+>>>> I can imagine a system where a colon gets converted to something safe,
+>>>> and the safe encoding gets converted back to a colon. But if you
+>>>> already have a colon, that doesn't get converted and stays a colon, and
+>>>> so it should still work shouldn't it? The only
+>>>> problem would be with pages that already have the 'safe encoding for a colon'.
+>>>> 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]]
+