User talk:Ihyb0192

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Hello Ihyb0192. I working with the VisualEditor, which you used to make this edit: If you look closely, the reference named "prisa" has its citation information removed, but the ref tags remained in place. (this is visible in the difference between the right and left columns in the link above) I'm trying to figure out how that happened, as it's not desired behaviour (deleting a ref should remove all of the reference syntax, not just some of it). If you could help me at all by describing what actions you took to make that edit, I would be grateful. Thanks, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 16:59, 21 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Hi PEarley, thank you for this inquiry. I initially intended to delete the reference altogether by deleting the template, then removing the citation number from the body of the article. Evidently, this is not the correct way to make such an edit?  After further research, I would actually like to retract this edit, since the reference appears to be factual and relevant.  Thank you, again, for your assistance. Ihyb0192 (talk) 23:54, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
 * We've figured out what happened there, thank you for the explanation. When deleting a reference, the best way is to click on the footnote once so it turns blue, then hit delete to zap it.  They way you did it, I think, was to open the ref window and delete the content.  Unfortunately, this still leaves the ref tags in place.  We'll try to figure out a way to avoid this happening. As for restoring the ref, there is a bot that restores "orphaned" refs, and it showed up afterwards: .  Thank you for using the new editor, and be sure to let us know about any problems you encounter (there is a feedback page here: WP:VisualEditor/Feedback). Regards, PEarley (WMF) (talk) 22:28, 22 October 2013 (UTC)
 * I believe the reference is still cited, as before, so no need to restore. Thank you for taking the time to respond in detail - this has been very helpful. Ihyb0192 (talk) 05:20, 23 October 2013 (UTC)