[BSERV-4516] Markdown links have overly aggressive XSS protection?

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If I want to link to this page on wikipedia, I can't: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren't_gonna_need_it

It's because of the apostrophe in the URL.

If I write the following markdown:

Yay for [YAGNI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_aren't_gonna_need_it)!

I end up with an <a> with no link.

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