When editing an image, in the Image Description under Source, the Artist URL and the Art URL both give the error "Artist Website must be a valid URL" if the link does not begin with "https://". However, when the Image Credits create a link in an article, it automatically adds in https://. This doubling of the network protocol creates a broken link.

For example, if I enter https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ as the Artist URL, then the image credit links to https://https//earthobservatory.nasa.gov/, which is not a valid URL.

If I enter earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ as the Artist URL, then I get the error message "Artist Website must be a valid URL" but the information can still be saved and the image credits in articles correctly link to https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Upload an Image
2. In the Image Editor, include both an Artist Name and Artist URL or both an Art Title and Art URL. Use a URL with "https://" to avoid the "Artist Website must be a valid URL" error message.
3. Insert the image into another Article
4. Click on the link created in the image credits of that article.

Operating System

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Related Entity

The Korean Peninsula at Night by NASA Earth Observatory

In this example, the Art URL works correctly because it did not include the "https://". The Artist URL does not because it did include the "https://".