Obeserved on this edit (which isn't mine, so I don't have any reproduction steps): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Hawking&diff=648576478&oldid=648473346
The space is not rendered nor in any way significant.
Obeserved on this edit (which isn't mine, so I don't have any reproduction steps): https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stephen_Hawking&diff=648576478&oldid=648473346
The space is not rendered nor in any way significant.
The space would be rendered, turning the entire paragraph into <pre> (monospace text).
Similar issue: T46478
I meant rendered on screen, rather than rendered in wikitext. The entire block "<nowiki> </nowiki>" can (and should?) be omitted altogether; the user certainly didn't intend to start the line with an invisible space character.