Visual Editor sometimes adds "2" to reference names, creating reference errors
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	Jonesey95
	Sep 20 2024, 10:09 PM

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Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

What happens?:
In some circumstances, Visual Editor appears to add "2" to existing reference names without ensuring that the full named reference is either renamed throughout the article or that the new reference name exists.

What should have happened instead?:

Software version (on Special:Version page; skip for WMF-hosted wikis like Wikipedia):

Other information (browser name/version, screenshots, etc.):
This may be related to the closed tasks T134228 and T125034.

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Mentioned Here: T125034: Do not change existing ref names, not even to add a gratuitous "2" to the end of each ref name.
T134228: Can't paste wikitext references

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Jonesey95 created this task.Sep 20 2024, 10:09 PM

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Mikeblas subscribed.Sep 20 2024, 10:53 PM

Hi @Jonesey95 , I am still finding it difficult to replicate the bug . Also it would be great to add response on the What should have happened instead?: part of the bug format, also I can hardly tell how the links above helps replicate it as I am unable to find the issue, please any add on guide would be very help full towards fixing the bug.

I am unable to replicate it either. I have asked at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:VisualEditor#consistently_creates_referencing_errors

Another example:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HSAB_theory&diff=1249134259&oldid=1249065254

And another:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lee_Jung-eun_(actress)&diff=prev&oldid=1231043749

Here is a single edit that used this defect to cause seven undefined reference errors in one single edit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Attention_%28machine_learning%29&diff=1251922071&oldid=1250236556

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Visual Editor sometimes adds "2" to reference names, creating reference errors
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