When feeding the Automatic Cite tool a valid URL (http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/09/28/arturo-brachetti-dans-son-repaire-a-turin_3486315_3246.html), the tool receives and fills in mostly correct information, except the URL is missing "http://www.lemonde.fr".
Article/edit discovered on: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=665665653
Steps:
1. Open article with Visual Editor
2. Place cursor inside article and click Cite button.
3. Paste http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2013/09/28/arturo-brachetti-dans-son-repaire-a-turin_3486315_3246.html into the URL field and click Generate.
4. Click Insert.
5. Select the new footnote and inspect URL field.
Result: The URL is now malformed and shows only: /culture/article/2013/09/28/arturo-brachetti-dans-son-repaire-a-turin_3486315_3246.html