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VisualEditor removes noerror from DISPLAYTITLE and DEFAULTSORT calls
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Description

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

What happens?:
VisualEditor removes |noerror from DISPLAYTITLE calls.

What should have happened instead?:
No action.
The |noerror flag is used to suppress the "DISPLAYTITLE conflict" error, which is needed when multiple infoboxes on a page emit DISPLAYTITLEs.

Event Timeline

DLynch renamed this task from VisualEditor removes noerror from DISPLAYTITLE calls to VisualEditor removes noerror from DISPLAYTITLE and DEFAULTSORT calls.Nov 24 2025, 5:37 AM
MSantos added subscribers: DLynch, MSantos.

@DLynch let me know if you're investigating it. We have a big backlog of needs investigation and will get to it at some point but not sure when.

Change #1215206 had a related patch set uploaded (by DLynch; author: DLynch):

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Remember parameters for DefaultSort and DisplayTitle metaitems

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1215206

Change #1215206 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Remember parameters for DefaultSort and DisplayTitle metaitems

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1215206

EAkinloose edited projects, added Verified; removed Editing QA.