Author: wikipedia
Description:
Unwary editors occasionally remove a principal named reference (<ref name="foo">bar</ref>) in an article where it is still being used elsewhere in the form <ref name="foo" />, thus silenting breaking references & often leading to another (or the same :p) editor simply removing all instances of the reference, presumably under the assumption that the initial inclusion was improper.
A check — & subsequent warning, if prudent — for remaining references with a name matching a non-empty reference being removed in the current edit would likely prevent most such happenings.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement