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VE: Signature not shown correctly when it starts with a special character
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Description

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Go to any wiki with a namespace that has both VE and the signature button enabled, e.g. pl.wikipedia.
  2. In your preferences, enable VE and set your signature to * my name * (or anything else that starts with a character that has a special meaning at the start of a line), and check "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)".
  3. Edit a page in VE and insert a signature at the beginning of a paragraph.

Actual result: The signature is shown with a * at the beginning.
Expected result: The signature should be shown as list item (which is what happens when you switch to source editing and preview then).

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Alternatively we could drop custom signatures from MediaWiki. ;-)