Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):
Example:
| existing page link text='''bold''' ''italic'' |
| link text='''bold''' ''italic'' |
What happens?:
The existing link text shows as <b>bold</b> <i>italic</i>,
while the redlink correctly shows as bold italic
I remeber it was all correct back to a certain version. And it showed original wikitext (the link as '''bold''' instead of bold) as a bug back to another version.
Version: MW1.43.3, Page Forms 6.0.1