Topic on Talk:VisualEditor/Diffs

Removal of template parameter inside the reference tag not shown in changes

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Summary last edited by Clump 16:44, 28 May 2018 5 years ago

Bad wikitext.

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Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=683126701&oldid=679741880&title=Tishma&type=revision&visualdiff
  2. Click visual

Expected

An annotation on the side bar indicating that "something" within a reference tag changed.

Actual output

No highlighting for changes, with some unrelated text in the visual diff.

Notes:

This is a pretty common case. Someone removed a template parameter "unused_data=@ http://www.bangladesh-pratidin.com" inside a template which is seemingly not supported by the template. The issue is that because that template parameter doesn't seem to alter the page in any way there aren't any visible changes.

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