Before I go out of my mind, does Mediawiki correct things after I hit save???? I'm sure it doesn't.
I have the following line in one of my ridiculously complicated templates which involves SMW and properties:
{{ #if: {{{other authors|}}}|, {{#arraymap:{{{other authors}}}|,|x|[[Authors::x|:x]]}} }}
Right at then end is a ":x" that I want to remove. So I edit the template and change it to:
{{ #if: {{{other authors|}}}|, {{#arraymap:{{{other authors}}}|,|x|[[Authors::x|]]}} }}
Hit save and bingo, nothing changes! I can change other parts of the template and that works. I can substitute any text for the :x and that works but if I just delete :x it pops back.
I'm going mad????
Here is the full template:
<div class="floatright">{{Amazonlinkimage|isbn={{{isbn}}} }}</div> <div class="wmd-cite wmd-says"><span class="wmd-cite-sechead">Book:</span>[[{{{book}}} by {{{author}}}|{{{book}}}]] {{ #if: {{{author|}}}|by [[{{{author}}}]]}} {{ #if: {{{other authors|}}}| and {{#arraymap:{{{other authors}}}|,|x|[[x]]}} }}</div> <div class="wmd-cite wmd-says"><span class="wmd-cite-sechead">Publisher:</span>{{{publisher}}}, [[web date::{{{date}}}]]</div> {{ #if: {{{isbn|}}}|<div class="wmd-cite wmd-says"><span class="wmd-cite-sechead">ISBN:</span>[[ISBN::{{{isbn}}}]]</div>}} [[Book Page Titles::{{{book}}} by {{{author}}}|]] [[Book Titles::{{{book}}}|]] {{ #if: {{{author|}}}|[[Authors::{{{author}}}|]]}} {{ #if: {{{other authors|}}}|, {{#arraymap:{{{other authors}}}|,|x|[[Authors::x|:x]]}} }}<noinclude> Is it gone? ==Usage== Include the following text to use the template: <pre> {{Book |book= |author= |other authors= |publisher= |date=Month dd, YYYY |isbn= }} <no include>{{Books}}</no include> </pre> [[Category:Book Templates]] </noinclude>