Last modified: 2013-12-20 17:12:02 UTC
Created attachment 14079 [details] screenshot of the error Steps to reproduce: 1.Go to this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:RYasmeen_(WMF)/12th_december&veaction=edit 2.Copy the reference and the reference list at the end of this page 3.Paste in into another VE 4.Save it Observed Result: The wiki text for the text copied is: reference<ref>http://cnn.com</ref> <references /> The wiki text on the page where it is copied to: reference<ref /> <references /> In Edit mode it says: The reference is defined in a template or other generated block and for now can only be edited in source mode. and the reference cannot be edited using VE In read mode it shows: Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name (see the help page).
This appears to be fixed in master. Please re-open if you can reproduce on beta labs.
Verified the fix in betalabs:http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/December_16th
verified the fix in test2 with MediaWiki 1.23wmf8 on page: https://test2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_page20th