Public bug reported:
Version info: Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10, MediaWiki 1:1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1,
mediawiki-extensions 1.4
When a <ref></ref> tag is used in a MediaWiki article to add a footnote,
an extraneous space appears after the footnote marker. This may cause
the following punctuation to be line-wrapped incorrectly.
To reproduce:
* Create and save a page containing the following markup:
==
Lorem ipsum<ref>dolor sit</ref>amet.
<references/>
==
Expected:
* In the displayed page, the footnote marker is immediately followed by the
word 'amet'.
Observed:
* In the displayed page, the footnote marker appears to be followed by a space
and then the word 'amet'.
* In the generated HTML, the </sup> closing the footnote marker is followed by
an HTML comment containing the NewPP limit report, then by a newline, then the
word 'amet'.
Cause:
* The extension Cite.php as packaged is an obsolete version. Specifically, it
uses a deprecated method of parsing the contents of <ref>…</ref> that has a
side effect of outputting a preprocessor limits report comment followed by a
newline, after each footnote marker. This newline is then interpreted by
browsers as a space.
Workaround:
* Install the Cite.php revision 33026 (for MediaWiki 1.12) from the MediaWiki
site.
** Affects: mediawiki-extensions (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Cite.php: a space appears after each reference marker
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/322695
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