Steps to reproduce:
1.Open a page with VE which has reference added to a text
2.Copy the text with the reference
3.Open another page with VE in FireFox
4.Paste the copied reference
Observed Result:
Instead of getting copied as text <ref> reference </ref>, it is getting copied as text<sup> [1] </sup>
Test Environment: http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/
Browser: FF 25
OS: MAC OS X 10. 8. 5
http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=30th_december_ff&veaction=edit
Version: unspecified
Severity: normal