Wikilinks in markdown square brackets

I understand, but with that logic even a dot should be escaped. I understand that wikilinks are disabled inside of the brackets of wikilinks and url, but in situations where the brackets (and it could be said of dots, hyphens etc.) does not mean anything in markdown, they are just text, and they correctly render as “real” text. So I believe that what is inside should also be considered as “real” text.
I think this is a real issue, as wikilinks do not work even in inline footnotes because they are disabled too aggressively inside brackets.