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Strip Parsoid/RESTbase's ids when copying between VE surfaces as they will clash and break things
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VE seems to create tables unnecessarily mixing wiki syntax and HTML syntax, with other problems at the same time. Please fix.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chimelong_Paradise&type=revision&diff=687199846&oldid=687181243
https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stoffel_Vandoorne&type=revision&diff=119456957&oldid=119456276
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Far_East_Consortium_International_Limited&diff=prev&oldid=687088735

Among the noted problems :

  • Table is partly in wiki syntax, partly in HTML syntax
  • Strange href in the middle of the table
  • Title with h3 tags instead of wiki syntax
  • Bolding is in HTML syntax, even with a xml:lang attribute (?) and a strange value
  • ...

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@GWicke, @Esanders, @Jdforrester-WMF copy-paste that reuses ids causing incorrect use of data-parsoid? We've seen this on occasion in the past.

User JaJaWa reports that the table layout was copied from the page on FR wiki for the following edit
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chimelong_Paradise&type=revision&diff=687199846&oldid=687181243

For information, the page on FR wiki has none of the problems reported, so the problems are created by VE/Parsoid
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimelong_Paradise

ssastry renamed this task from Tables mixing wiki and HTML syntax other problems to VE / RESTBase: Incorrect id reuse after copy-paste?.Oct 25 2015, 5:18 PM
Jdforrester-WMF renamed this task from VE / RESTBase: Incorrect id reuse after copy-paste? to Strip Parsoid/RESTbase's ids when copying between VE surfaces as they will clash and break things.Nov 17 2015, 8:25 PM
Jdforrester-WMF assigned this task to Esanders.
Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as High priority.
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Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from To Triage to TR0: Interrupt on the VisualEditor board.

Change 254449 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders):
Paste sanitisation: Strip RESTBase IDs when pasting

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/254449

Change 254449 merged by jenkins-bot:
Paste sanitisation: Strip Parsoid IDs when pasting

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/254449