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Previously, I could include the following in a template:
 <nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>

And a subst: of that template would parse this into the current date.

Now, when I try the same thing (since 1.4b5?), I get the following type of
string instead, which I'm told is a parser error:

 NaodW29-nowiki65d923786457fd0f00000001

I imagine there are other related bugs with subst-parser interactions (other #s
of tildes, for instance) that I haven't encountered personally.