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Pre-save transform skips extensions using wikitext (gallery, references, footnotes, Cite, status indicators, pipe trick, subst, signatures)
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Description

Problem

The PST features in wikitext are things like ~~~~ (becomes a signature on-save), and {{subst:#time:}} which can insert the current date.

These can be used in templates and in passing text, but not inside extension tags such as <ref> or <gallery>.

Use cases
  • Adding a signed caption inside a gallery, for example on a wikiproject page, or talk page. <gallery>File:Example|I like this one. ~~~~</gallery>.
  • Using the current date as the default for template parameters. <ref>{{Cite web|title=|url=|access-date={{subst:#time:Y-m-d}}}}</ref>
Original bugzilla description by dbenbenn:

See [[User:Dbenbenn/sandbox#Gallery_pipe_trick]], for example. A
link in the caption of a gallery image ending in |]] is broken.

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bz2700
Related Gerrit Patches:
mediawiki/core : masterPre-save transform inside extension tags
mediawiki/extensions/Cite : masterPre-save transform inside extension tags
mediawiki/extensions/ImageMap : masterPre-save transform inside extension hooks

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Nemo_bis added a project: Epic.Jan 2 2015, 7:00 PM
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SamB awarded a token.Apr 4 2015, 5:10 AM
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gerritbot added a subscriber: gerritbot.Apr 16 2015, 8:35 PM

Change 8785 had a related patch set uploaded (by Paladox):
(bug T4700) Pre-save transform inside extension hooks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/8785

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 23 2015, 2:25 PM

Change 8786 had a related patch set uploaded (by MarkTraceur):
Pre-save transform inside extension hooks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/8786

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MarkTraceur added a subscriber: MarkTraceur.Sep 23 2015, 2:39 PM

I was tooling around with this, but...

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Tag_extensions#How_do_I_render_wikitext_in_my_extension.3F

This section says that tag extensions will never have PSTs applied to them. So maybe this bug is WONTFIX and we should abandon all patches for it?

Nemo_bis added a comment.Sep 23 2015, 7:25 PM

This bug is not only/mainly about tag extensions: see pipe trick, subst, signatures.

AdamCuerden raised the priority of this task from High to Unbreak Now!.Sep 24 2015, 8:58 AM

this has surely gone on long enough, with maqsses of lost resources.

Aklapper lowered the priority of this task from Unbreak Now! to High.Sep 24 2015, 9:37 AM

This task has not suddenly become more urgent than before, hence reverting the recent Priority change. See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Project_management#Setting_task_priorities for more information. Thanks.

Meno25 removed a subscriber: Meno25.Feb 22 2016, 7:18 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Feb 24 2016, 12:10 AM

Change 272916 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cenarium):
Pre-save transform inside extension tags

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/272916

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He7d3r merged tasks: T10125: Pre-save transform not applied to markup inside <ref> container, T8222: any links inside <gallery> won't autopipe, T8157: template substitution does not work inside <ref> tags, T8814: Pre-save transform not executed for references (signatures, pipe trick, subst don't work), T10929: When a subst: is used inside a <ref> it doesn't get subst'ed, T12927: "pipe trick" links don't work, T14016: subst: don't work inside <ref> tags, T15072: refs fail to parse the piped link trick, T15959: Problem with <ref> and [[xxx (yyy)|]], T16007: Auto-piping does not work in galleries, T15120: New parser breaks signatures inside gallery tags, T16550: Cannot substitute templates withing <ref> tags, T17547: Automatic conversion of the wikitext doesn't work in references, T17467: Pipe trick not working when used as template parameter that is in turn used in a reference citation, T20064: The "pipe trick" does not work in footnotes, T22359: Subst: prefix does not work in image captions inside <gallery></gallery> tags., T15141: Pipetrick doesn't work in gallery image caption, T24258: Five tildes don't produce timestamp in en.wikipedia article namespace, T26131: ~~~~ in <gallery>, T26160: Magic words, templates and parser functions not substituted in <ref> tags, T26446: Automatic signatures (~~~~) do not work in <ref></ref>, T28859: Template substitution doesn't work inside <ref> tags, T30680: Pipe trick doesn't work within ref, T31775: <ref>...</ref> in template, T32135: Substitution not working in gallery tags, T36999: <ref> doesn't expand triple-brace template parameters, T37954: Inter-project links into <ref> do not work when alternative text is empty, T44078: {{subst:foo}} does not work in <ref>, T74079: {{subst: doesn't work inside <ref>...</ref>.Sep 3 2016, 12:53 PM
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Izno added a project: Cite.Sep 3 2016, 7:25 PM
Izno moved this task from Unsorted backlog to Defect backlog on the Cite board.Sep 6 2016, 9:25 PM
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Thryduulf added a comment.Nov 7 2017, 9:14 PM

Am I correct in thinking that {{subst:CURRENTMONTH}} and {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} not being substituded in this edit is due to this bug?

XanonymusX added a comment.Nov 7 2017, 9:18 PM

Yes, substituting within refs won't work if this bug is not resolved!

Billinghurst added a comment.Nov 8 2017, 11:40 AM

@Thryduulf use {{#tag:ref|}} or {{subst:#tag:ref|}} and it will work

Billinghurst added a comment.Nov 8 2017, 11:41 AM

and I would love to see this added to the projects for fixing that are coming up. It is truly time that this got resolved for all wikis.

Thryduulf added a comment.Nov 8 2017, 3:31 PM

@Billinghurst add an entry to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2017_Community_Wishlist_Survey (I guess it would fit in the editing section?).

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