When pasting a mix of <del>eted and nondeleted text into the visual editor, the deleted text is not shown
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	• Whatamidoing-WMF
	May 2 2014, 6:28 PM

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Copy some text, some of which is struck out with a <del> element and some of which isn't. For example, this sentence: "~~don't~~ delete me!"
Try to paste it into the visual editor.
Only the text which isn't struck out will appear.

This is particularly problematic because deleted text in Mediawiki diffs is marked up with a non-displayed <del> element. For example, the text removed in this edit will be copied as <del>He</del> <del>was</del> <del>a</del> <del>serving</del> <del>soldier</del>. If this is pasted into the visual editor, only the spaces will appear.

Verified in Firefox 41 and Chrome 44.

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Reference: bz64760

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	StrikethroughAnnotation: Alias <del> tags like we do for <code>/<tt>	VisualEditor/VisualEditor	master	+12 -1

Customize query in gerrit

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Mentioned In: rGVED3ae3ff62d769: StrikethroughAnnotation: Alias <del> tags like we do for <code>/<tt>

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:08 AM

• bzimport added a project: VisualEditor.

• bzimport set Reference to bz64760.

• Whatamidoing-WMF created this task.May 2 2014, 6:28 PM

Created attachment 15278
The text that was supposed to be pasted here began, "The history of the custom is rooted not necessarily for the provision of goods...

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Screen_Shot_showing_incomplete_paste_of_text_in_Firefox_2014-05-02_at_9.15.15_AM.png (150×409 px, 31 KB)

Created attachment 15279
This paste should have read, "Men are rarely present at bridal showers. However, there have been "Wedding Showers" in which the groom, groomsmen and friends of the groom attend the wedding shower."

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Screen_Shot_showing_incomplete_paste_of_text_in_Safari_2014-05-02_at_11.02.37_AM.png (174×453 px, 29 KB)

Created attachment 15280
This paste is the same as the previous one in Safari, but retained the diff (table) formatting

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I think we have another version of this at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=614417933#Cut_and_paste_from_a_diff

This time, the copying was from a diff. The computer was running Chrome on Mac OS X Mavericks.

Jdforrester-WMF changed the task status from Open to Stalled.Feb 2 2015, 7:24 PM

Quiddity added a project: VisualEditor-CopyPaste.Jun 18 2015, 12:26 AM

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nshahquinn-wmf renamed this task from VisualEditor: Sometimes pasting text into a page results in only part of the text appearing. to When pasting a mix of <del>eted and nondeleted text into the visual editor, the deleted text is not shown.Jul 23 2015, 9:16 PM

nshahquinn-wmf changed the task status from Stalled to Open.

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Verified and updated.

nshahquinn-wmf moved this task from To Triage to Freezer on the VisualEditor board.Jul 23 2015, 9:21 PM

Change 238872 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester):
StrikethroughAnnotation: Alias <del> tags like we do for <code>/<tt>

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/238872

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 16 2015, 8:38 PM

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Change 238872 merged by jenkins-bot:
StrikethroughAnnotation: Alias <del> tags like we do for <code>/<tt>

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/238872

Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in rGVED3ae3ff62d769: StrikethroughAnnotation: Alias <del> tags like we do for <code>/<tt>.Sep 18 2015, 3:51 PM

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Sep 21 2015, 5:25 PM

Jdforrester-WMF edited projects, added WMF-deploy-2015-09-15_(1.26wmf23); removed Patch-For-Review.

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Freezer to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.

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	Nov 22 2014, 3:08 AM

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	Nov 22 2014, 3:08 AM

When pasting a mix of <del>eted and nondeleted text into the visual editor, the deleted text is not shownClosed, ResolvedPublic1 Estimated Story PointsActions

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When pasting a mix of <del>eted and nondeleted text into the visual editor, the deleted text is not shown
Closed, ResolvedPublic1 Estimated Story Points
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