If article has apostrophe in title, share sheet has wrong behavior for "Copy"
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	LGoto
	Oct 15 2021, 6:08 PM

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from https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom;TicketID=11975491

Share/Copy stores title, not link, on clipboard

List of steps to reproduce (step by step, including full links if applicable):

Google search from Safari for Sutter’s Mill Meteorite.
Tap on the Wikipedia link and app opens.
Touch share button, then Copy.
Paste in iMessage conversation.

What happens?:
I get the article title and no link.

What should have happened instead?:
I get the article link.

Software version (if not a Wikimedia wiki), browser information, screenshots, other information, etc:
WikipediaApp/6.8.2.1837 (iOS 14.8; Phone)

Reproduced on iPad also

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Mentioned In: T304724: Sharing behavior unexpected when article is location/landmark
T308268: Apostrophe causes signatures to be truncated on user talk pages when using the iOS app

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LGoto created this task.Oct 15 2021, 6:08 PM

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• JMinor triaged this task as Low priority.Oct 18 2021, 6:36 PM

• JMinor moved this task from Needs Triage to Product Backlog on the Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog board.

• JMinor moved this task from Product Backlog to Bug Backlog on the Wikipedia-iOS-App-Backlog board.

This is almost certainly related to the apostrophe in the article title. It's broken on other articles that have apostrophes in their name. However, it's working on articles w/o apostrophes, as well as those with dashes.

• JMinor added a project: iOS-app-v6.9.1-Carp-On-A-Moon-Lander.Oct 18 2021, 6:38 PM

• MattCleinman renamed this task from Share/Copy stores title, not link, on clipboard to If article has apostrophe in title, share sheet has wrong behavior for "Copy".Oct 18 2021, 6:41 PM

• MattCleinman updated the task description. (Show Details)

another report: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom;TicketID=12077535

However, this user said that it happened on a title without an apostrophe, "Australia". I tried that and was able to reproduce: this only copied the article title text and not the article link.
This also happened on "Australian Open", "Ukraine", and "Hong Kong."

But I tried it on other articles, "Ukrainians", "Republic Day (India)", and "Meatloaf" and those worked correctly.

I tried some apostrophe titles as well: "Sutter's Mill" and "Harper's Mansion" only copied the title, but "Murphy's law" and "Occam's razor" got the link.

also in https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom;TicketID=12074980

LGoto removed a project: iOS-app-v6.9.1-Carp-On-A-Moon-Lander.Apr 26 2022, 8:26 PM

LGoto mentioned this in T308268: Apostrophe causes signatures to be truncated on user talk pages when using the iOS app.May 16 2022, 6:35 PM

junholee6a mentioned this in T304724: Sharing behavior unexpected when article is location/landmark.Jan 22 2023, 7:35 PM