Last modified: 2012-10-27 18:38:32 UTC
Templates insert a single newline character at the beginning of text (not an HTML break tag (<br />)). This usually has no effect because HTML compresses all whitespace into a single space. But when a template appears inline in a sentence this can add an undesirable space. Examples are the use of [[w:Template:IPA]], which is often placed within brackets. I'm pretty sure wikimedia *didn't* do this until a few weeks ago.
Actually, I'm not sure if it's a linefeed, newline, or carriage return. > Examples are the use of ... That should link to [[Template:IPA]], documented at [[Template talk:IPA]]. This also often affects the rendering of [[Template:Unicode]].
This may be related to Bug 1146 (although I haven't seen that one on en.wikipedia.org).
I'm unable to reproduce this in HEAD or REL1_4, it does happen on the wikimedia sites though.
I don't know this is related, but when you put <div> around an included template which also quotes another template with more than one paragraph, an unexpected <p> is inserted to the doubly embedded template. See: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesr:PuzzletChung/tmp/Bug_1878
(In reply to comment #4) > See: http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uesr:PuzzletChung/tmp/Bug_1878 url is [[ko:User:PuzzletChung/tmp/Bug_1878]] or http://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:PuzzletChung/tmp/Bug_1878 regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
On Wiktionary I just ran into this problem but I thought it was inserting a newline at the end rather than the beginning, since edited article text including templates always ends with a newline. Oddly, on trying and failing to work around this with <noinclude>, the resulting space disappeared after reverting the failed fixes. I took this as proof of inconsistent behaviour, which is even worse.
I am nearly sure this must be regression now, because it *used to* work properly and now I see the new line back again. Raising the importance, as it causes issues in rendering and should be solved ASAP, please.
maybe related: bug 12974
