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$site = 'http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl'; 
$user = 'Clive ;-)'; # my test case for whitespace and funny chrs 
...
$uri->query_form( node => $user );
print $uri->as_string;

http://www.perlmonks.org/index.pl?node=Clive+%3B-)