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Better support for References in Content Translation (epic)
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This Tracking-Neverending ticket captures issues and features related to the support for References in Content Translation version 2.

References are an key element in our content, but they are also a complex element with variations across languages that can be problematic in translations.

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Issues about references reported for version 1 were tracked at T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking).

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 DuplicateNoneT115045 ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking)
 ResolvedssastryT96508 T52474 causes templated refs used multiple times to appear blank
 OpenNoneT198477 [he.wiki] Reference list is emptied when adding a new reference on a wiki that uses template generated references (not <ref> tags)
 OpenNoneT200786 Better support for References in Content Translation (epic)
 ResolvedsanthoshT199512 CX2: Improve support for different types of references
 InvalidNoneT198911 ContentTranslation substitutes some templates in the references
 OpenNoneT196990 CX2: Suport the adaptation of dates in templates
 ResolvedNoneT196986 CX2: Text selection breaks when there is a citation in the middle
 OpenFeatureNoneT197688 CX2: Control whether references are translated or not
 ResolvedsanthoshT196340 CX2: Repeated reference added using a different number on each paragraph
 DeclinedNoneT200308 CX2: Add reference list automatically
 ResolvedsanthoshT199320 CX2: References content is duplicated multiple times when adapted
 ResolvedKartikMistryT121093 References are not getting updated cleanly
 ResolvedPginer-WMFT174271 References are cut at the first dot
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT195665 ContentTranslation drops all references in first two paragraphs; one page link ends up incorrectly
 ResolvedsanthoshT200665 Cite tags are repeated in the MT output
 Resolved• Petar.petkovicT203160 CX2: Highlight (and skip) references with a template that could not be adapted
 OpenFeatureNoneT203388 CX2: Create a "References" header for the list of references if missing
 ResolvedPginer-WMFT139268 CX2: Citations templates are sometimes translated to useless markup (or empty) without content
 ResolvedsanthoshT198830 Apertium translation fails with sections with references
 ResolvedsanthoshT203550 CX2: Reference template adapted as empty despite templateData
 ResolvedsanthoshT99934 CX2: ContentTranslation adapts some references only partially
 OpenNoneT203772 CX2: Improve support for references that are reused in multiple places
 Resolved• Petar.petkovicT203775 CX2: Explore references, templates and other content with non visible information from the source article
 ResolvedEsandersT210142 Create a read-only mode for Visual Editor that allows inspection
 OpenNoneT311520 Respect isReadOnly in new template dialog sidebar
 ResolvedEtonkovidovaT203779 CX2: Adding the list of references shows a Machine Translation error
 ResolvedAmire80T203399 CX2: When a paragraph ends with a footnote (reference, <ref>), pressing the arrow key moves the focus to the next character
 ResolvedsanthoshT205521 Working with references is broken in CX2
 ResolvedsanthoshT206309 CX2: Don't show reference details when they are not in the reference
 Resolved• Petar.petkovicT206310 CX2: Highlight references with a template that is missing mandatory parameters after being adapted
 ResolvedsanthoshT206756 CX2: References by name disappear and produce missing reference errors when published
 InvalidNoneT207758 CX2: Broken reference adaptation with interference from nearby links
 DuplicateNoneT208300 Drag and drop of citations/references causes JavaScript error
 OpenNoneT209266 CX2: Support for references added by name when the details are inside a template
 OpenNoneT210205 CX2: References that are just text inside <ref> are machine-translated, which is not necessarily desirable
 ResolvedBUG REPORTNikerabbitT208471 CX2: Translating Reference list displays oo-ui-icon-puzzle
 DuplicatesanthoshT210276 CX2: Avoid unnecessary extra divs in references
 OpenNoneT213262 CX2: "citation needed" template adapted with unnecessary HTML markup and VE attributes
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT213277 CX2: Should not substitute citation templates when publishing
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT213259 CX2: Should not create articles with undefined references
 OpenNoneT213276 CX2: Should not repeat the same reference using the syntax <ref name="xxx">...</ref>
 ResolvedAmire80T214581 CX2: Cite web template cannot be transferred to Turkish
 ResolvedsanthoshT216809 CX2: Wrong template is added despite being connected in Wikidata
 OpenNoneT218503 CX2: Different references with the same name
 ResolvedsanthoshT219346 CX2: TemplateData is ignored when it is provided in the "documentation" tab
 ResolvedsanthoshT219412 CX2: Do not translate reference contents
 Resolved• Petar.petkovicT219468 References list is checked for MT abuse
 ResolvedsanthoshT220491 Reflist template published <references> tag
 OpenNoneT221241 References in the source article opened with a generic dialog instead of specific form
 ResolvedsanthoshT225716 Reference marked as missing but successfully adapted
 OpenNoneT227582 References list showing all source references regardless of those present in the translation
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT230770 References using template:Cite arXiv would be corrupted
 InvalidNoneT232331 Reference adapted as empty with no apparent reason
 ResolvedsanthoshT232330 References no longer open with specific dialog in the translation
 ResolvedsanthoshT232674 Content Translation substituted a template with TemplateStyles
 ResolvedsanthoshT233405 Reference shown duplicated in the source document
 OpenNoneT233710 Paragraphs containing references introduced with #tag:ref cannot be translated
 OpenNoneT236615 Reference by name shown as missing despite successful adaptation
 OpenNoneT248378 Reference is added just as a plain text number between brackets
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT248379 References added out of order when using Apertium
 OpenNoneT248380 Two different references are added with the same number in the translation
 DuplicateNoneT248276 Named references content is not modified when doing content translation
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT247906 CT removes content of citation templates in references
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT228940 References change place during translation
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT261170 References (not using templates) disappear in content translation
 ResolvedsanthoshT278323 Returning to an in-progress translation breaks references and other templates
 OpenNoneT278430 "cx-mt-failed" error while translating references
 ResolvedsanthoshT282369 In ContentTranslation, some references are still going missing...
 ResolvedBUG REPORTNikerabbitT288917 Content Translation into Basque doesn't translate reference template's parameters
 ResolvedNikerabbitT269424 ContentTranslation triggering error: Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBASE server (HTTP 400)
 OpenNoneT253501 CX2: Tripled templates + bdi tags
 OpenFeatureNoneT341126 Fix broken references while translating via section translate if link is defined in another section
 DuplicateBUG REPORTNoneT348380 Content Translation duplicates the reference text
 DuplicateBUG REPORTNoneT360174 Citation templates still being expanded (substituted)
 ResolvedsanthoshT363563 Avoid references losing their data (showing as plain-text "[1]") when added to the translation using MinT
 InvalidBUG REPORTNoneT374689 Translation feature incorrectly translating citations
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT246384 When using content translation tool, citations should not be redlinks
 OpenNoneT160633 Arguments get mixed up on multiple calls to the same template in the same section
 OpenNoneT159597 incorrect parameter adaptation from English to Hebrew in the {{Citation}} template
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT380168 Some content between ref tags are not translated in CX
 DuplicateNoneT402073 Manual effort required to reconnect templates to Wikidata during translation
 ResolvedBUG REPORTNoneT413366 Content translation copied ref displayed as "undefined"
 OpenBUG REPORTNoneT113564 Automatically merge duplicate references in ContentTranslation
 OpenNoneT97231 Put references before the dots for some languages
 OpenNoneT168280 Adjust spacing for cards
 OpenNoneT109813 Allow drag and drop of links and reference from source to translation, drop should adapt the source to target
 OpenNoneT52474 In VisualEditor, references in templates cannot be reused and are numbered separately from references in the text.
 ResolvedEsandersT50524 VisualEditor: Switch document re-renderer from action=parse over to Parsoid API now it exists
 OpenNoneT49344 Internal nodes should eventually be in a separate document ("sub-documents")
 OpenNoneT52896 VisualEditor: Support editing citations defined within a template
 OpenNoneT355858 References from template transclusions should be included (read-only) in the internalList
 OpenNoneT174275 {{#tag:ref is not recognised properly by ContentTranslation

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Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T218503: CX2: Different references with the same name.Mar 18 2019, 3:06 PM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T199512: CX2: Improve support for different types of references as Resolved.Mar 22 2019, 8:56 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T219468: References list is checked for MT abuse.Mar 28 2019, 12:44 AM
Pginer-WMF edited projects, added Language-Team (Language-2019-April-June); removed Language-Team (Language-2019-January-March).Mar 29 2019, 11:43 PM
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T219346: CX2: TemplateData is ignored when it is provided in the "documentation" tab as Resolved.Apr 11 2019, 11:53 AM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T219412: CX2: Do not translate reference contents as Resolved.May 1 2019, 4:07 AM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T219468: References list is checked for MT abuse as Resolved.May 2 2019, 10:49 PM
Pginer-WMF mentioned this in T207831: CX2: User research study for Content Translation version 2.May 10 2019, 11:57 AM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T220491: Reflist template published <references> tag as Resolved.Jun 4 2019, 9:09 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T225716: Reference marked as missing but successfully adapted.Jun 13 2019, 1:31 PM
Pginer-WMF mentioned this in T139458: Log what elements Content Translation didn't know how to handle.Jun 24 2019, 5:58 PM
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T198911: ContentTranslation substitutes some templates in the references as Invalid.Jul 1 2019, 11:45 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T227582: References list showing all source references regardless of those present in the translation.Jul 9 2019, 1:40 PM
Pginer-WMF edited projects, added Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September); removed Language-Team (Language-2019-April-June).Jul 9 2019, 1:47 PM
Aklapper moved this task from Tag to Should be workboard column instead on the Tracking-Neverending board.Jul 17 2019, 7:33 PM
• Jpita closed subtask T216809: CX2: Wrong template is added despite being connected in Wikidata as Resolved.Jul 25 2019, 7:50 AM
• Jpita closed subtask T225716: Reference marked as missing but successfully adapted as Resolved.Jul 25 2019, 12:20 PM
• Jpita closed subtask T206309: CX2: Don't show reference details when they are not in the reference as Resolved.Aug 6 2019, 5:16 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T230770: References using template:Cite arXiv would be corrupted.Aug 26 2019, 9:29 AM
• Jpita closed subtask T203160: CX2: Highlight (and skip) references with a template that could not be adapted as Resolved.Aug 26 2019, 12:41 PM
• Jpita closed subtask T206310: CX2: Highlight references with a template that is missing mandatory parameters after being adapted as Resolved.Sep 9 2019, 3:46 PM
• Jpita reopened subtask T206310: CX2: Highlight references with a template that is missing mandatory parameters after being adapted as Open.Sep 10 2019, 4:02 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T232331: Reference adapted as empty with no apparent reason.Sep 10 2019, 10:51 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T232330: References no longer open with specific dialog in the translation.
• Jpita closed subtask T206310: CX2: Highlight references with a template that is missing mandatory parameters after being adapted as Resolved.Sep 11 2019, 9:13 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T232674: Content Translation substituted a template with TemplateStyles.Sep 12 2019, 8:21 AM
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T232331: Reference adapted as empty with no apparent reason as Invalid.Sep 16 2019, 11:02 AM
Alfa80 subscribed.Sep 20 2019, 3:50 AM
• Jpita closed subtask T232674: Content Translation substituted a template with TemplateStyles as Resolved.Sep 25 2019, 2:10 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T233710: Paragraphs containing references introduced with #tag:ref cannot be translated.Sep 30 2019, 8:58 AM
Pginer-WMF removed a project: Language-Team (Language-2019-July-September).Dec 30 2019, 1:25 PM
matmarex closed subtask T196986: CX2: Text selection breaks when there is a citation in the middle as Resolved.Jan 4 2020, 3:19 PM
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T233405: Reference shown duplicated in the source document as Resolved.Jan 10 2020, 1:03 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T242100: Content Translation adapts {{citation needed}} incorrectly from English Wikipedia to Hebrew Wikipedia.Jan 17 2020, 9:40 AM
Pginer-WMF removed a subtask: T242100: Content Translation adapts {{citation needed}} incorrectly from English Wikipedia to Hebrew Wikipedia.Jan 17 2020, 9:42 AM
Pginer-WMF moved this task from CX2 to Epic and Trackers on the ContentTranslation board.Jan 17 2020, 9:47 AM
Pginer-WMF renamed this task from CX2: Support for References to Improve support for References.Feb 21 2020, 4:24 PM
Pginer-WMF renamed this task from Improve support for References to Better support for References in Content Translation (epic).
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T248378: Reference is added just as a plain text number between brackets.Mar 24 2020, 9:11 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T248276: Named references content is not modified when doing content translation.May 15 2020, 11:50 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T247906: CT removes content of citation templates in references.May 15 2020, 12:13 PM
• Arrbee added a subtask: T228940: References change place during translation.Jun 29 2020, 2:26 PM
Amire80 closed subtask T203399: CX2: When a paragraph ends with a footnote (reference, <ref>), pressing the arrow key moves the focus to the next character as Resolved.Aug 9 2020, 8:00 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T261170: References (not using templates) disappear in content translation.Oct 9 2020, 10:39 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T278430: "cx-mt-failed" error while translating references.Apr 23 2021, 11:21 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T282369: In ContentTranslation, some references are still going missing....May 26 2021, 10:19 AM
Amire80 closed subtask T214581: CX2: Cite web template cannot be transferred to Turkish as Resolved.Jun 3 2021, 12:31 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T282370: ContentTranslation does not keep the spacing within infoboxes.Jun 7 2021, 11:18 AM
Pginer-WMF removed a subtask: T282370: ContentTranslation does not keep the spacing within infoboxes.
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T282369: In ContentTranslation, some references are still going missing... as Resolved.Sep 10 2021, 8:13 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T288917: Content Translation into Basque doesn't translate reference template's parameters.Oct 11 2021, 11:01 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T269424: ContentTranslation triggering error: Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBASE server (HTTP 400).Nov 8 2021, 1:18 PM
Pginer-WMF changed the status of subtask T232330: References no longer open with specific dialog in the translation from Open to In Progress.Jan 21 2022, 11:41 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T253501: CX2: Tripled templates + bdi tags.Feb 7 2022, 11:53 AM
Pginer-WMF changed the status of subtask T278323: Returning to an in-progress translation breaks references and other templates from Open to In Progress.Feb 9 2022, 7:56 AM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T278323: Returning to an in-progress translation breaks references and other templates as Resolved.Mar 8 2022, 2:16 AM
Etonkovidova closed subtask T232330: References no longer open with specific dialog in the translation as Resolved.Mar 16 2022, 7:23 PM
Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 19 2023, 1:04 PM
Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
BartTerpstra awarded a token.Jun 14 2023, 12:13 PM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T341126: Fix broken references while translating via section translate if link is defined in another section.Aug 28 2023, 11:31 AM
• stjn added a subtask: T348380: Content Translation duplicates the reference text.Oct 7 2023, 2:22 PM
Nikerabbit mentioned this in T214333: CX 2 conflicts with an abuse filter on ukwiki, and has some other major issues.Dec 18 2023, 11:32 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T360174: Citation templates still being expanded (substituted).Mar 21 2024, 8:32 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T363563: Avoid references losing their data (showing as plain-text "[1]") when added to the translation using MinT.Apr 26 2024, 11:05 AM
Pginer-WMF closed subtask T363563: Avoid references losing their data (showing as plain-text "[1]") when added to the translation using MinT as Resolved.Jun 28 2024, 9:31 AM
Pginer-WMF mentioned this in T376865: MinT for Wikipedia Readers: Large sections fails to translate.Oct 30 2024, 3:42 PM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T374689: Translation feature incorrectly translating citations.Dec 2 2024, 9:02 AM
Al12si closed subtask T374689: Translation feature incorrectly translating citations as Invalid.Dec 7 2024, 4:03 AM
Nikerabbit closed subtask T208471: CX2: Translating Reference list displays oo-ui-icon-puzzle as Resolved.May 21 2025, 11:55 AM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T246384: When using content translation tool, citations should not be redlinks.May 22 2025, 3:27 PM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T160633: Arguments get mixed up on multiple calls to the same template in the same section.Jun 2 2025, 11:06 AM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T159597: incorrect parameter adaptation from English to Hebrew in the {{Citation}} template.Jun 2 2025, 11:21 AM
Nikerabbit closed subtask T269424: ContentTranslation triggering error: Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBASE server (HTTP 400) as Resolved.Jun 23 2025, 12:27 PM
Nikerabbit moved this task from Epic and Trackers to Content handling on the ContentTranslation board.Jul 3 2025, 11:45 AM
KartikMistry closed subtask T121093: References are not getting updated cleanly as Resolved.Jul 29 2025, 8:07 AM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T380168: Some content between ref tags are not translated in CX.Sep 1 2025, 11:50 AM
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T402073: Manual effort required to reconnect templates to Wikidata during translation.Sep 8 2025, 8:57 AM
SEgt-WMF added subscribers: Nikerabbit, SEgt-WMF.Jan 8 2026, 5:00 AM

Hello @Nikerabbit @Pginer-WMF,

I'm new to Phabricator and want to be careful not to break anything. I'm wondering if the following tickets should be tracked here or in T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking) (I couldn't find them in either list) but they seem to be related to reference issues in the Content Translation tool:

  1. T214771: CX2 produces weird <references /> and/or its parent task T111155: ContentTranslation inserts unnecessary tags to translated pages (tracking)
  2. T303649: [wmf.25] map references not accommodated
  3. T336594: Missing links and citations/references when you publish a translation with the SX tool
  4. T295014: Issues with missing references group after publishing
  5. T388333: Sfnm references become raw text [1] after machine translation
Nikerabbit added a subtask: T413366: Content translation copied ref displayed as "undefined".Jan 8 2026, 8:17 AM
Pginer-WMF added a comment.Jan 8 2026, 9:05 AM
In T200786#11502072, @SEgt-WMF wrote:

Hello @Nikerabbit @Pginer-WMF,

I'm new to Phabricator and want to be careful not to break anything. I'm wondering if the following tickets should be tracked here or in T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking) (I couldn't find them in either list) but they seem to be related to reference issues in the Content Translation tool:

Thanks for pinging @SEgt-WMF. The issues should be tracked in the current ticket. Based on what is mentioned in the description (quoted below) the other ticket (T115045) was focused on the version 1 (before VE integration) which is no longer available. I'd propose to (1) review the remaining open tickets from T115045, (2) move the relevant ones to the current ticket and (1) close T115045 to avoid further confusion.

Issues about references reported for version 1 are tracked at T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking). We want to check which of those affect version 2 and add to the current tracker.

Pginer-WMF closed subtask T174271: References are cut at the first dot as Resolved.Jan 8 2026, 9:09 AM
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T113564: Automatically merge duplicate references in ContentTranslation.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T97231: Put references before the dots for some languages.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T168280: Adjust spacing for cards.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T109813: Allow drag and drop of links and reference from source to translation, drop should adapt the source to target.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T52474: In VisualEditor, references in templates cannot be reused and are numbered separately from references in the text..
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T52896: VisualEditor: Support editing citations defined within a template.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T355858: References from template transclusions should be included (read-only) in the internalList.
Pginer-WMF added a subtask: T174275: {{#tag:ref is not recognised properly by ContentTranslation.Jan 8 2026, 9:11 AM
Pginer-WMF merged a task: T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking).
Pginer-WMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
Pginer-WMF added subscribers: Amire80, Liuxinyu970226.
Pginer-WMF added a comment.Jan 8 2026, 9:14 AM

I went ahead and merged T115045: ContentTranslation issues with references (tracking) since having two trackers does not make sense now that we have just one version of the tool.

Johannes_Richter_WMDE closed subtask T413366: Content translation copied ref displayed as "undefined" as Resolved.Feb 13 2026, 12:08 PM
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