Bugs item #1504707, was opened at 2006-06-12 07:40 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by russblau You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=603138&aid=1504707...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: None Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Private: No Submitted By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Replace.py's -fix:HTML breaks articles' formatting

Initial Comment: While on most articles, -fix:HTML simply works, because of the flaw in wikimarkup (wherein it is difficult to distinguish between ''' as bolding, and ''' as italicizing with a single apostrophe (a frequently used construct)), when it comes to italics and bolding, -fix:HTML can cause unintional bolding, a major problem.

See this diff: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiplication_table&diff=prev... Before: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiplication_table&oldid=572... After: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Multiplication_table&oldid=579...

I think this could be fixed by scanning the region defined by the previous and the next linebreak, and if there are any other '''s, either using a <nowiki> construct to protect the apostrophe from protection, use HTML <i> tagsm or simply not do any replacements.

~maru

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Comment By: Russell Blau (russblau) Date: 2007-11-21 10:12

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The specific bug identified on "Multiplication table" no longer exists. Is there still a problem? If not, this bug can be closed.

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Comment By: siebrand (siebrand) Date: 2007-04-26 15:29

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Please let us know if this bug report is still applicable to the current code. If no response is given, the bug report will be closed one month from now. This message was added in an effort to reduce the number of open issues on this project. Siebrand

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