Last modified: 2014-07-26 02:25:11 UTC
See last line of this diff: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=T%C3%A9l%C3%A9com_SudParis&diff=next&oldid=97023702 . Steps to reproduce, as provided by user: Seudo. 1) Go to https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumul_des_mandats_en_France - you don't need to save later 2) Click on Modifier 3) Place the cursor after the words « exercice simultané de mandats » (5th line, I think) 4) Click "Plus->Référence" 5) Write something in the dialog, i.e. "toto." 6) Save the reference 7) Click at the left or at the right of the newly added reference 8) Watch pawns multiplyin' as you keep clicking. Suedo adds that in his console Web he also got a Javascript error, TypeError: group.firstNodes[index2] is undefined (load.php:54) . I was able to reproduce this as well, but only with FF (exactly like Seudo), only in the actual article - not in my sandbox - and only clicking at the left of the word. The user reports instead that this might happen at any point in the page. My edits in the sandbox could not reproduce the issue but generated https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54341 instead. Thanks.
A last comment from the user, <<[...] Sometimes the following error appears, "Javascript Error: Cannot open another window while another one is active". Sometimes the text of the page breaks down completely and the browser gets stuck. Do not try to look at what's on line 54 of load.php, you'll give up quickly :-)>>
*** Bug 54708 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
That looks like https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=53642, which is quite old though. I also tried to reproduced in a user-specific test page, but couldn't.
Please replace the word "pawns" with "snowmen". Sorry for the confusion.
An instance of this from en.wp. David Gerard reports: Dig this: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OpenOffice.org&diff=575290819&oldid=575267859 What I was trying to do was add PladaoOffice and a reference link, which appeared to add correctly in the VE. Then I noticed there was a full stop after "SunShine Office", so I clicked on it to put the cursor there, and VE added a pile of "☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃☃", and more each time I clicked again. Note also that my carefully constructed reference is gone, leaving only "<ref name=":0" />", and it's added another spurious one of those higher up
My edit above to [[OpenOffice.org]] was in Firefox 24.0, Ubuntu 12.04 distro version.
Could this please have a priority assigned? Other editors are finding it a blocker to editing with references: This bug is really annoying! Every time I add a new reference I can't do anything after it because whatever I click on my keyboard the snowmen appear! Even clicking backspace to delete them multiplies them along with already existing text! Only way to get out of there is to cancel my edit and lose the work I've done! :/ Basically, VE can't be used almost at all at this point, since every addition to an article has to have a reference too! Is there any information about when this bug will get fixed? TeamGale 04:35, 3 October 2013 (UTC)
Same for me too, it appears literally impossible to add a reference without snowmen and a bogus reference tag (FF 24.0, Windows 7): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=X_Window_System&diff=575630218&oldid=575623976
Being able to add references without corrupting the article is a core requirement. Updating the severity to critical.
I was able to reproduce this on that frwiki article just now. I get the same error about group.firstNodes[group2] being undefined. Investigating further.
*** Bug 54917 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Change 87455 had a related patch set uploaded by Catrope: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87455
Change 87458 had a related patch set uploaded by Jforrester: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87458
Change 87459 had a related patch set uploaded by Jforrester: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87459
Change 87455 merged by jenkins-bot: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87455
Change 87458 merged by jenkins-bot: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87458
Change 87459 merged by jenkins-bot: When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87459
(In reply to comment #12) > Change 87455 had a related patch set uploaded by Catrope: > When cloning the InternalList, pass through properties that aren't rebuilt > > https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/87455 I just deployed this change, and the article linked in comment 0 now works for me on frwiki.
*** Bug 54976 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Um, folks, this may be happening again... please see bug:61272...
I believe this is happening again at it.wp. See https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=AA.VV.&diff=prev&oldid=67188720 (snowmen) or https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utente:Elitre_(WMF)/Pagina_delle_prove_VE&diff=next&oldid=67195802 (pawn). What you need to reproduce: just create a base reference, add the template Cita, add something as its first parameter, then hit Space/type something else in the reference before saving.
More examples from it.wp: https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Natale_Ciravolo&diff=67212907&oldid=67197341 , https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utente:Nnvu/Sandbox1&diff=prev&oldid=67108020 .
(In reply to Elitre from comment #22) > More examples from it.wp: > https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index. > php?title=Natale_Ciravolo&diff=67212907&oldid=67197341 , > https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Utente:Nnvu/ > Sandbox1&diff=prev&oldid=67108020 . This is bug 67992 I think.
