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I put this here because I think it is a related symptom.

If I use an empty named <ref> tag, while editing Wikipedia, as follows:

<ref name=Test>Test Case</ref>
<ref name=Test></ref>
<references/>

I get an error message: Cite error 4; Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content

However, if I insert a space in the "empty" named reference as follows:

<ref name=Test>Test Case</ref>
<ref name=Test> </ref>
<references/>

I get no error message and both <ref> tags work correctly.

Therefore the statement, "We may as well just use an empty tag." in Extension:Cite/Cite.php#Multiple uses of the same footnote is incorrect.