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by erhaetherth 739 days ago
https:// please.
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...which is probably why it's required.

Otherwise the service would have to presume. Which either excludes http:// or https:// probably the first.

I've ran into this when writing an url shortener and decide that without the protocol, I'd just put https:// in there. So that people could still add webcal://, ftp:// ssh:// and http:// in there if they wish.