Escalating whitespace insertion when parameters are separated by non-standard spaces [tlwiki]
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	Harej
	Feb 1 2023, 10:03 PM

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To reproduce: Take offending text like this:

{{cite news
 | author

<ref name = reuteralertnet>
{{cite news
 | author = Reuters Alertnet
 | title = CWS appeal: China winter storm response
 | publisher = Reuters Alertnet
 | url = http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/284081/120233093434.htm
 | date = 2008-02-06
 | access-date = February 18, 2018
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090416020815/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/284081/120233093434.htm
 | archive-date = April 16, 2009
 | url-status = live
 | df = mdy-all
 }}

Run bot on page

https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tagagamit%3AHarej%2Fburador&diff=1997357&oldid=1997356

Unchecked this continues to escalate, filling the page up with millions of whitespace characters.

https://tl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wuhan&action=history

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Mentioned Here: T322148: IABot is repeatably adding duplicate archives on https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing

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@Harej isn't this the same as T322148?

They could well be related, but for now I am inclined to treat them as separate bugs since whitespace management and template syntax management are separate parts of the code base.

Harej triaged this task as Low priority.Feb 13 2023, 9:24 PM

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