Thread:Project:Support desk/Include Query string in link without URL encoding? (2)

This is an odd issue that, surprisingly, has no answer.

So, let's say I try to link to Special:Test?type=4. Such a link would look like Special:Test?type=4.

However, due to Mediaiwki's "nifty" url encoding, it instead tries to link to a page literally named Special:Test%3Ftype%3D4.

So in that case, and Special:Test?type=4 link to a page titled Special:Test%3Ftype%3D4.

My question - Is there any way to include a question mark (?) and equals sign (=) in a link without having them "encode"? I cannot use external linking in this case.