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Reusing a citation and replacing the reference list template removes the original citation
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Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Neil_Shah-Quinn/Testcase_1&veaction=edit

Reuse citation 1 at the end of the first paragraph. Then, delete the reflist template and replace it with a normal references list.

Now, review your edit. The original citation 1 has disappeared, leaving only the reused citation 1, without any content.

Seen in Firefox 51.0b4.

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nshahquinn created this task.Dec 1 2016, 6:14 AM
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nshahquinn updated the task description. (Show Details)Dec 1 2016, 6:16 AM
Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Dec 6 2016, 8:16 PM
Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.
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Jdforrester-WMF added a project: Cite.
Izno moved this task from Unsorted backlog to Parsoid/VE implementation on the Cite board.Dec 6 2016, 9:23 PM
• Whatamidoing-WMF subscribed.EditedApr 27 2017, 10:12 PM

This just happened to me! https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Monoplegia&diff=777561371&oldid=777560645

I think that I may have reported this (without figuring out what the cause was) a few months ago, so there's probably a duplicate report running around somewhere.

• Whatamidoing-WMF mentioned this in T169801: Please rearrange the order of items in the Insert menu.Aug 2 2017, 7:37 PM
nshahquinn-wmf mentioned this in T178781: Two refs unexpectedly disappeared while editing.Oct 23 2017, 5:34 PM
• Deskana lowered the priority of this task from High to Low.Aug 16 2018, 2:53 PM
• Deskana removed a project: VisualEditor.
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Given that reference list templates are not fully supported, not widely used on most wikis, and that a specific and uncommon set of actions must be taken to cause this problem, this is not a high priority task.

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• Deskana moved this task from TR0: Interrupt to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Aug 16 2018, 2:58 PM
thiemowmde added a project: WMDE-References-FocusArea.Dec 2 2022, 4:25 PM
awight mentioned this in T351997: Identify approachable tasks on the Cite workboard.Nov 28 2023, 3:35 PM
matmarex merged tasks: T155397: Lengthy VisualEditor edit somehow (?) removed reference contents, T178781: Two refs unexpectedly disappeared while editing.Sep 8 2025, 11:31 PM
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matmarex closed this task as Resolved.Sep 8 2025, 11:38 PM
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This seems to have been fixed. I can't reproduce the problem on the linked page:

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