[Mediawiki-l] I delete something on a page and it pops back...again and again.

[Dr JFBurté]

> Before I go out of my mind, does Mediawiki correct things after I hit
> save???? I'm sure it doesn't.

Hi-haa
Sure it does ! ;O)))
I often have seen [[That:Short|]] becoming [[That:Short|Short]]
@+ de jfb "0.02$" (MW1.12 et 1.13)

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Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 2:11 PM
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] I delete something on a page and it pops back...again 
and again.


>
> 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>
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