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Bug 57364 - VisualEditor:References resulting from repeated citation cannot be edited in the VE mode after changing the ref name from :0
VisualEditor:References resulting from repeated citation cannot be edited in ...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 18103
Product: VisualEditor
Classification: Unclassified
Editing Tools (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Unprioritized normal
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Assigned To: Editing team bugs – take if you're interested!
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Blocks:
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Reported: 2013-11-21 18:42 UTC by Rummana Yasmeen
Modified: 2014-04-21 21:09 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

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Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---


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Screenshot of the error (91.28 KB, image/png)
2013-11-21 18:45 UTC, Rummana Yasmeen
Details

Description Rummana Yasmeen 2013-11-21 18:42:23 UTC
Steps to reproduce:

1.Click on the Edit mode
2.Add a reference 
3.Add the same reference 5 times in that page
4.Save the page
5.Go to Edit Source

Observed Result:
I think, due to repeated citation of the same reference with no defined name ,a name with value (:0) is added to the <ref> tags for all the references that is using the same reference

But, if user intends to change the name of the original reference to a more meaningful name for future reference purpose he might do the following steps

6. Change the name value from ":0" to "bbc" for the first references
7.Close the editor 
8.Click on Edit now.
9.Hover over other references which were using same references

Observed Result:
A message shows up this reference cannot be edited in the VE ,can only be edited in edit source mode.

Can this message be more precise to point where the problem is?For example in the read mode it says "Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named :0"
Comment 1 Rummana Yasmeen 2013-11-21 18:45:23 UTC
Created attachment 13861 [details]
Screenshot of the error
Comment 2 James Forrester 2014-04-21 21:09:02 UTC
Not VE-specific, but a larger issue with how Cite.php "works" (hint: it doesn't).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 18103 ***

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