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vebug fixes cite problems caused by a bug in VisualEditor.

A complete example:

Given this original text from this diff (last diff):

In 2010, France received about 48,100 asylum applications—placing it among the top five asylum recipients in the world<sup>[[Asylum in France#cite%20note-7|[7]—]]</sup>and in subsequent years it saw the number of applications increase, ultimately doubling to 100,412 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_fr_2017update.pdf|title=aida - Asylum Information Database - Country Report: France|last=|first=|date=2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

Replace <sup>[[Asylum in France#cite%20note-7|[7]—]]</sup> to <ref>{{Cite journal|title=Asylum Seekers, Violence and Health|...}}</ref>. So it will look like this:

In 2010, France received about 48,100 asylum applications—placing it among the top five asylum recipients in the world<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Asylum Seekers, Violence and Health|...}}</ref> and in subsequent years it saw the number of applications increase, ultimately doubling to 100,412 in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asylumineurope.org/sites/default/files/report-download/aida_fr_2017update.pdf|title=aida - Asylum Information Database - Country Report: France|last=|first=|date=2017|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>

With the new text being note #7 from Asylum in France as-of the date of the diff in the France article (August 20).

FAQ

• Where was the bot discussed?

• BRFA
• Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Fix_or_tag_references_that_were_incorrectly_copied_along_due_to_a_VisualEditor_bug
• SearchFilter861, shows live edits containing "cite%20note"
• Search for cite%20note
• Phab T150418, ticket for VE bug
• RfC to block edits (started September 3 2019)
• Template:Warning VisualEditor bug, warn pages that contain the bug

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