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<cite class="citation book">

3 comments • 20:13, 26 February 2019 5 years ago

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Summary by Whatamidoing (WMF)

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Lfstevens (talkcontribs)

In a recent edit of , it appears that VE replaced many named references with something else. For example, it replaced

.<ref name="Randall1947" />

with

<ref name="Randall19472"><cite class="citation book">[[James G. Randall|Randall, James Garfield]] (1962). [https://books.google.com/books?id=DHUqAAAAYAAJ ''Lincoln: The Liberal Statesman'']. Dodd, Mead. [[Amazon Standard Identification Number|ASIN]] [//www.amazon.com/dp/B0051VUQXO B0051VUQXO].</cite></ref>

Apologize if the error attribution is wrong, but I have never seen this syntax before. Here is the diff:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraham_Lincoln&type=revision&diff=883997185&oldid=883889014&diffmode=source

Working on chrome 71.0.3578.98 on Windows 10 on MonoBook.

Reply Edited by Whatamidoing (WMF) 23:25, 21 February 2019 5 years ago

Whatamidoing (WMF) (talkcontribs)

Ouch. Thanks for the note. I'm not sure what happened, but I'll tell the devs. One of the changes – <ref name=White /> to <ref name=White2 /> – sounds suspiciously similar to an old bug.

Did you do anything unusual/difficult/extensive in this edit?

Reply 23:22, 21 February 2019 5 years ago

Lfstevens (talkcontribs)

Nothing aberrant that I can think of.

Reply 20:13, 26 February 2019 5 years ago

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