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When the user pastes in an <em>, we should probably convert it to an <i>?
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The use of "em" and "nowiki" tags is not normal here: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=F%C3%A9tider&diff=prev&oldid=18811193

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The use of "em" and "nowiki" tags is not normal here: https://fr.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=F%C3%A9tider&diff=prev&oldid=18811193

The <em> tags are inserted from an external paste, but you're right, we should possibly be more aggressive in downcasting them to <i> (and thus ''' in wikitext).

The <nowiki> tags are correct, because the user inserted two 's ('') not one ".

Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from em and nowiki tags inserted incorrectly by VisualEditor to When the user pastes in an <em>, we should probably convert it to an <i>?.Jan 16 2015, 3:01 AM
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Change 202437 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
[BREAKING CHANGE] Give the converter a 'fromClipboard' mode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/202437

Change 202437 merged by jenkins-bot:
[BREAKING CHANGE] Give the converter a 'fromClipboard' mode

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/202437