Adding Parsoid, seems related.

More examples:

• https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Skammerserien&action=edit&oldid=13868151
• https://no.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vitenskapelig_skeptisisme&action=edit&oldid=13866923

Parsoid doesn't handle empty content links specially. Is it difficult to remove empty <a> tags in CX? Or should they not have been empty in the first place?

Also see T95730 for a similar issue in VE. I have to understand which of these normalizations are not possible to do in clients, and for what reason.

I found one scenario where this can be reproduced consistently:

1. Translate an article to French.
2. Type "Paris" in the target column.
3. Select "Paris".
4. A link card will appear in the sidebar. Click "Add link" ("Ajouter un lien") in the link card.

Observed: The selected word "Paris" is linked correctly - it becomes an <a> tag. But immediately after that <a> tag, another <a> tag with no content is inserted.

Several questions:

1. Should we remove empty <a> tags before publishing as a workaround till it's fixed comprehensively? It's an ugly hack, but it will reduce the junk in the published articles.
2. Is it fixed by https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/204738/ ? I cannot test it at the moment.

Addressed in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/204738

In T95271#1300986, @santhosh wrote:

Addressed in https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/204738

Thanks.