--- ValBot/Python/check_intrawiki_section_links.py	2022/06/28 22:06:29	1173
+++ ValBot/Python/check_intrawiki_section_links.py	2022/09/25 23:58:33	1176
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@ def scan_for_iw_links(page_text):
         if not '#' in link_text:
             #pywikibot.stdout('Link doesn\'t have a section anchor in it. Skipping.')
             continue
+
+        # If this link has an interwiki prefix, it can be ignored
+        is_interwiki = False
+        if found_iw_match == False:
+            for prefix in interwiki_prefixes:
+                if prefix + ":" in link_text:
+                    #pywikibot.stdout('Skipping link {} because it is an interwiki link.'.format(link_text))
+                    is_interwiki = True
+                    break
+        if is_interwiki:
+            continue
         
         # If there is a '{' in the link, then probably it's a link built on transcluded text
         # like "Quotes/Diary#{{C3}}", which we cannot expand and work with, so skip it
@@ -129,18 +140,6 @@ def scan_for_iw_links(page_text):
                     found_iw_match = True
                     break
         
-        # If we didn't match the prefix against any intrawiki prefixes, see if it matches
-        # against an interwiki prefix; if so, this link can be ignored
-        is_interwiki = False
-        if found_iw_match == False:
-            for prefix in interwiki_prefixes:
-                if prefix + ":" in link_text:
-                    #pywikibot.stdout('Skipping link {} because it is an interwiki link.'.format(link_text))
-                    is_interwiki = True
-                    break
-        if is_interwiki:
-            continue
-        
         # If we still haven't turned this match into a URL, something's gone wrong
         if (found_iw_match == False) or (iw_url == ""):
             pywikibot.stdout('ERROR: Couldn\'t figure out link {}.'.format(link_text))